新西兰皇家空军
The Royal New Zealand Air Force grew from a four-officer permanent air force of 1923 into a Pacific air arm of some 42,000 people by 1944, flew in Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam, and in 2001 had its air combat force abolished by government decision — leaving today a service of about 2,500 regulars built around four P-8A Poseidons, five new C-130J-30s, helicopters and trainers, and the long Antarctic and Pacific missions that a small, remote country needs.
The Royal New Zealand Air Force story: eleven airmen in 1923, Kittyhawks over the Solomons and the end of the strike jets in 2001
1923–1939: a permanent air force of eleven people
New Zealand’s military flying began as an afterthought. A Blériot monoplane was presented in 1913, more than 800 New Zealanders flew or served in British and Australian air arms during the First World War, and more than 70 of them died, according to NZHistory. The New Zealand Permanent Air Force was gazetted only on 14 June 1923, at Sockburn near Christchurch, the field later called Wigram. NZHistory counts four officers and seven other ranks, eleven full-time staff, backed by about 100 part-time territorials; the Wikipedia history gives two other ranks, so the exact figure differs between accounts. Its early aircraft included Avro 504Ks, Bristol Fighters and a few DH.9s. On 1 April 1937 the Royal New Zealand Air Force became an independent service, and work started on new bases at Whenuapai, Ohakea and Woodbourne. When war came in September 1939 it had 756 full-time personnel.
1939–1945: Bomber Command, the Solomons and Rabaul
The Second World War turned that small service into a large one. In 1939 New Zealand had ordered 30 Wellington bombers; with war declared, the aircraft and their New Zealand crews stayed in Britain and became No. 75 (New Zealand) Squadron RAF, which later flew Stirlings, Lancasters and Lincolns. Through the Empire Air Training Scheme a further 7,002 New Zealand airmen joined RAF squadrons, and seven RAF squadrons carried a New Zealand identity. At home, the threat changed after Pearl Harbor. Hudsons, then Venturas, Kittyhawks, Corsairs, Avengers, Dauntlesses and Catalinas went to Fiji, the New Hebrides, Guadalcanal, Bougainville and the campaign against Rabaul. The Air Force Museum credits RNZAF Kittyhawks with 99 Japanese aircraft destroyed in air combat. NZHistory gives a peak in 1944 of 42,000 personnel and 1,336 aircraft, and 3,635 RNZAF dead by the end of the war.
1946–1975: jets in Cyprus and Malaya, Canberras in Borneo, transports in Vietnam
Peace shrank the force to 5,300 people by mid-1946, but it did not end its overseas work. No. 14 Squadron flew Corsairs with the occupation forces in Japan from 1946 to 1948, No. 41 Squadron flew in the Berlin airlift, and in 1952 No. 14 Squadron took Vampire jets to Cyprus as part of Britain’s Middle East air force. On 1 May 1955, five of its Vampires flew from Tengah against guerrillas in Malaya, the RNZAF’s first combat strike since 1945; the squadron flew 115 strike missions in three years. No. 75 Squadron followed with Canberras at Tengah from 1958. In the Confrontation with Indonesia from 1964 to 1966, No. 14 Squadron’s Canberras stood ready in Singapore while Bristol Freighters dropped supplies to troops in Borneo. In Vietnam the RNZAF’s part was mainly transport: Hercules and Freighters, and from 1967 pilots flying Iroquois with No. 9 Squadron RAAF and forward air control with the USAF.
1970–2001: the Skyhawk years and the end of the air combat force
The A-4K Skyhawk, ten single-seaters and four TA-4K two-seaters, arrived in 1970 and gave No. 75 Squadron a modern attack jet; ten more ex-Royal Australian Navy aircraft were bought in 1984 and the fleet was upgraded with new avionics under Project Kahu, approved in 1985. From 1991 No. 2 Squadron flew Skyhawks from Nowra in New South Wales to train Australian ships. A 1999 plan for 28 F-16s, chosen by the National government, was cancelled by the Labour government that followed, which in 2001 decided to disband the air combat force entirely. On 13 December 2001 the Governor-General laid up the standards of Nos 2, 14 and 75 Squadrons at Ohakea. NZHistory calls the decision controversial; the government framed it as a choice to concentrate on peacekeeping and on the surveillance and transport the country used most. Most of the fighter pilots left to fly for the RAAF and RAF, and the Skyhawks and Aermacchis sat in storage until most were sold in 2012.
2001–2025: surveillance, airlift and the Antarctic run
What remained was a surveillance and airlift force, and its busiest work was often far from war. The Hercules, in service since 1965, made the first RNZAF flight to Antarctica on 27 October 1965 and have flown summer missions to the ice ever since; the Orions arrived in 1966. The 2002 modernisation upgraded both fleets, two second-hand Boeing 757s replaced the 727s in 2003, and NH90 and A109 helicopters replaced the Iroquois and Sioux, the Iroquois retiring on 1 July 2015 after 49 years. Eleven T-6C Texan IIs took over pilot training from 2015, and No. 14 Squadron returned to life to fly them. The Hercules went to the 1991 Gulf war, to Afghanistan from 2001 and, in August 2021, to the Kabul evacuation. After the Christchurch earthquake of 22 February 2011 the air force mounted what Wikipedia calls the biggest movement of people and freight in its history.
2024–2026: P-8A, C-130J and a rebuilt transport fleet — what has changed, and what is still missing
Between 2022 and 2025 the RNZAF replaced almost everything it flies over the ocean. Four Boeing P-8A Poseidons, approved for $2.34 billion in 2018, arrived from December 2022, moved No. 5 Squadron to Ohakea and reached full operational release on 9 December 2025. Five C-130J-30s arrived between September and December 2024, and the C-130Hs were retired on 31 January 2025 after 60 years. The 2025 Defence Capability Plan then promised $12 billion over four years, and in August 2025 the government chose two Airbus A321XLRs to replace the 757s from 2028 and began negotiations for five MH-60R Seahawks to replace the Navy’s Seasprites. The gaps are just as clear. There are still no combat aircraft; the P-8As go to Australia for depot maintenance because New Zealand has never had that capability; and RNZ reported that by late 2023 Poseidon maintenance staff had fallen to half the number required.
The Royal New Zealand Air Force in numbers
服务
- 本地名称
- Te Tauaarangi o AotearoaThe Maori name as NZDF spells it on its air force pages, with a doubled vowel in place of a macron. Wikipedia says it was adopted in 2009, replacing Te Hokowhitu o Kahurangi
- 创立
- 1 April 1937Became an independent service on that date. Its predecessor, the New Zealand Permanent Air Force, was gazetted on 14 June 1923 at Sockburn (Wigram)
- 一部分
- New Zealand Defence ForceOne of three services under the Chief of Defence Force, with the Royal New Zealand Navy and the New Zealand Army
- 总部
- Defence House, WellingtonAir Staff headquarters as given by Wikipedia; NZDF’s own headquarters pages could not be reached
- Chief of Air Force
- AVM Darryn WebbIn office since 2 October 2023
- 国防部长
- Paul GoldsmithIncoming minister in August 2026, per the Ministry of Defence briefing published on 14 September 2026
力量
- 人员
- About 2,500 regulars2,518 regular and 463 reserve personnel, the figures given by Wikipedia; NZDF’s own figure was not reached. The air force peaked at around 42,000 in 1944
- 战斗机
- None since 2001The A-4K Skyhawk and MB-339CB squadrons were disbanded on 13 December 2001
- 海上巡逻
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- P-8A Poseidon — 4
No. 5 Squadron at Ohakea; full operational release on 9 December 2025
- 运输
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- C-130J-30 Hercules — 5
- Boeing 757-200 — 2
No. 40 Squadron at RNZAF Base Auckland (Whenuapai). Two A321XLRs are to replace the 757s from 2028
- 直升机
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- NH90 TTH — 8
- A109LUH — 5
- SH-2G(I) Super Seasprite — 5–8 active of 10
NH90 and A109 with No. 3 Squadron at Ohakea; the Seasprites belong to the Navy and are flown by No. 6 Squadron with Navy aircrew. Sources differ on how many Seasprites are active: eight of ten (No. 6 Squadron article), five (Wikipedia inventory table), seven (RNZ, August 2025)
- 教练
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- T-6C Texan II — 11
- King Air 350 — 4 (leased)
T-6C with No. 14 Squadron (also the Black Falcons display team); King Air 350s with No. 42 Squadron, two of them fitted with sensors
- Defence capability spending
- $12 billion over four yearsThe 2025 Defence Capability Plan, of which $9 billion is new funding (NZ dollars)
基础设施
- 空军基地
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- RNZAF Base Auckland (Whenuapai) — transport, Seasprites
- RNZAF Base Ohakea — P-8A, helicopters, training
- RNZAF Base Woodbourne
Wikipedia lists three current bases. Ohakea is getting the final phase of an infrastructure programme worth $300–600 million under the 2025 plan
- Closed bases
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- Wigram, Christchurch — birthplace of the NZPAF
- Hobsonville, Auckland
Wigram closed after the 1991 defence review and now houses the Air Force Museum; the flying-boat and helicopter station at Hobsonville was home to No. 3 Squadron from 1965
- 飞行中队
- 六Nos 3, 5, 6, 14, 40 and 42 Squadrons
- Antarctica
- Flights every summer since 1965The first RNZAF flight to Antarctica was by Hercules NZ7003 on 27 October 1965; the C-130J flew a midwinter medical evacuation from McMurdo in August 2025
- 表演队
- Black FalconsFlown by No. 14 Squadron on the T-6C
How the Royal New Zealand Air Force is organised
One of the three services of the New Zealand Defence Force, about 2,500 regulars strong, with six flying squadrons — Nos 3, 5, 6, 14, 40 and 42 — at Ohakea and Whenuapai and a training and support base at Woodbourne. There have been no combat aircraft since 13 December 2001; the front line is No. 5 Squadron’s four P-8A Poseidons at Ohakea and No. 40 Squadron’s five C-130J-30 Hercules and two Boeing 757s at Whenuapai. No. 6 Squadron flies the Navy’s Seasprites with Navy aircrew, and two Airbus A321XLRs are due to replace the 757s from 2028.
Air Staff, Royal New Zealand Air Force
One of the three services of the New Zealand Defence Force, with the Navy and the Army, under the Chief of Defence Force; Wikipedia places the Air Staff at Defence House in Wellington. AVM Darryn Webb has been Chief of Air Force since 2 October 2023, succeeding AVM Andrew Clark, and RNZ quoted him in the post through November 2025; NZDF’s own leadership page could not be reached to confirm it. Paul Goldsmith has been Minister of Defence since August 2026.
No. 5 Squadron
Four Boeing P-8A Poseidons, the first of which, NZ4801, arrived on 12 December 2022; the fleet reached full operational release on 9 December 2025. The squadron moved from Whenuapai with the change from the P-3K2 Orion, which the sources date differently, and flies from the Te Whare Toroa complex, completed in December 2024. Depot maintenance is done in Australia, a capability the Ministry of Defence says New Zealand has never had.
第40中队
Formed at Whenuapai on 1 June 1943 and there ever since. Five C-130J-30 Hercules, delivered between September and December 2024, replaced the C-130H on 31 January 2025 after 60 years and reached full operational release on 30 October 2025. Its two Boeing 757s, bought second-hand in 2003, are to be replaced by two Airbus A321XLRs from 2028.
No. 3 Squadron
Eight NH90 TTH tactical transport helicopters, in operational service since the Iroquois retired on 1 July 2015, and five A109LUH light helicopters used mainly for rotary-wing training. RNZ reported in 2023 that typically six of the eight NH90s were fully airworthy in 2022. A helicopter squadron since 1965, first at Hobsonville; the date of its move to Ohakea was not confirmed by an official source.
第6中队
Re-formed on 31 October 2005 to fly the Royal New Zealand Navy’s SH-2G(I) Super Seasprites from frigates, with Navy pilots and observers trained by the RNZAF. Sources differ on how many of the ten bought are active, from five to eight. The government began negotiating in August 2025 for five MH-60R Seahawks to replace them; they are not yet contracted.
Nos 14 and 42 Squadrons
No. 14 Squadron, the jet squadron disbanded with the air combat force on 13 December 2001, was re-raised in 2015 to train pilots on eleven T-6C Texan IIs and flies the Black Falcons display team. No. 42 Squadron flies four leased King Air 350s for multi-engine training and limited VIP transport; two carry sensor suites. The Ground Training Wing at Woodbourne, created in 1995, runs recruit, officer and trade training.
What the Royal New Zealand Air Force flies today
每种收费类型都链接到其在《野兽之书》中的页面（如果存在）。. 统计的是登记在册的飞机数量，而不是某一天可用的飞机数量。.
| 类型 | 角色 | 在服役 | 自从 | 单位 | 笔记 | |
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| 波音P-8A“海神”反潜巡逻机在服役 | 海上巡逻和反潜作战 | 4 | 2022 | Four bought; NZ4801 arrived on 12 December 2022 and all four were delivered by July 2023. | ||
| 洛克希德·马丁C-130J-30大力神运输机在服役 | 战术运输 | 5 | 2024 | Five delivered: NZ7011 on 10 September 2024, NZ7012 and NZ7013 on 29 September, NZ7014 on 29 October and the last in December 2024. | ||
| Boeing 757-2K2在服役 | Strategic transport and VIP | 2 | 2003 | Two second-hand 757-200s bought from Transavia in 2003. | ||
| NHIndustries NH90 TTH在服役 | 战术运输直升机 | 8 | 2012 | Eight bought plus one airframe for spares, for almost $800 million; delivered 2012–2014. | ||
| Leonardo (AgustaWestland) A109LUH在服役 | 轻型多用途和训练直升机 | 5 | 2011 | Five in service per Wikipedia and the No. 3 Squadron article; the Wikipedia type list counts six operated. | ||
| 卡曼 SH-2G(I) 超级海妖在服役 | Maritime helicopter (Navy-owned) | 5 | 2015 | Ten bought in April 2015, eight entered service and two kept as spares (No. 6 Squadron article); the Wikipedia inventory lists five in service; RNZ said seven in August 2025.
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| 比奇T-6C德克萨斯人II型在服役 | Pilot trainer | 11 | 2015 | Eleven in service. | ||
| 比奇空中国王350在服役 | Multi-engine training and surveillance | 4 | 2018 | Four leased; the first arrived at Ohakea in April 2018 and the fourth in July 2020. |
已下单
| 类型 | 已订购 | 首批交付 | 笔记 | |
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| Airbus A321XLR已下单 | 2 | 2028 | Announced 21 August 2025 to replace the two 757s; six-year lease-to-buy agreement with Air Lease Corporation; capital cost $620 million and $80.86 million operating cost over four years (RNZ).
更多的The August 2026 ministerial briefing gives more than $700 million. About 120 passengers and 9,000 kg of cargo; Pratt & Whitney engines. |
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| 西科斯基 MH-60R 海鹰已下单 | 5 | Not yet contracted. Negotiations through US Foreign Military Sales announced on 21 August 2025 to replace the SH-2G(I) Seasprites; more than $2 billion budgeted.
更多的The Ministry says final decisions fall in 2026, and its August 2026 briefing says the final business case is due later in the year. Delivery dates not published. |
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| Long-range remotely piloted aircraft已下单 | Planned, not ordered: the 2025 Defence Capability Plan gives an indicative $100–300 million for long-range uncrewed aircraft for persistent surveillance. Type and number not chosen. |
Every type the Royal New Zealand Air Force has retired
37 types, from the Bristol F.2B Fighter to the Lockheed C-130H(NZ) Hercules. 峰值数字是指飞机在整个服役期内接收的机身数量，而不是任何某一天的机队规模。.
| 类型 | 角色 | 顶峰 | 已上菜 | 被替换为 | 笔记 | |
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| 洛克希德C-130H(NZ)大力神运输机 | 战术运输 | 5 | 1965–2025 | C-130J-30 | Three ordered first, the first arriving 14 April 1965; two more ordered in 1967 and arrived in January 1969 (the museum’s dates; Wikipedia says purchased in 1968). | |
| 洛克希德P-3K2猎户座 | 海上巡逻 | 6 | 1966–2023 | P-8A 海神反潜巡逻机 | Five P-3Bs delivered in 1966 (NZ4201–NZ4205) and one ex-RAAF aircraft bought in 1985 (NZ4206). | |
| 贝尔UH-1D/H 易洛魁 | 通用直升机 | 1966–2015 | NH90 | 14–18: the museum counts five UH-1D (1966) and nine UH-1H (1970); the Wikipedia type list gives 18 operated, which may include later additions. | ||
| Pacific Aerospace CT-4 Airtrainer | 基础教练 | 32 | 1976–2014 | T-6C Texan II | 32, per the Wikipedia type list. | |
| Bell 47G Sioux | 训练直升机 | 13 | 1965–2010 | A109LUH | 13, per the Wikipedia type list. | |
| Boeing 727-100C | 战略运输 | 3 | 1981–2003 | Boeing 757 | Three bought in 1981, all ex-United Airlines. | |
| 麦道 A-4K/TA-4K 天鹰 | Attack and air defence fighter | 24 | 1970–2001 | Ten A-4K and four TA-4K bought new in 1970, plus ten ex-Royal Australian Navy aircraft bought in 1984. | ||
| 阿玛基 MB-339CB | 高级喷气教练机和轻型攻击机 | 18 | 1991–2001 | Eighteen bought in 1990, delivered from 1991. | ||
| Kaman SH-2F Seasprite | Ship-borne helicopter (interim) | 4 | 1997–2001 | SH-2G | Four, operated jointly with the Navy. | |
| Hawker Siddeley Andover C.1 | 运输 | 10 | 1976–1998 | King Air B200 (lease) | Ten. | |
| Westland Wasp HAS.1 | Ship-borne helicopter | 18 | 1966–1998 | SH-2F Seasprite | 18, per the Wikipedia type list. | |
| BAC 167 打击大师 Mk.88 | 喷气式教练机和轻型攻击机 | 16 | 1972–1992 | MB-339CB | Ten in 1972 and six more in 1975. | |
| 道格拉斯C-47达科他运输机 | 运输 | 49 | 1943–1977 | Bristol Freighter; Andover | 49, per the Wikipedia type list. | |
| Bristol 170 Freighter Mk.31M | 运输 | 12 | 1951–1977 | Twelve, arriving 1951–1955. | ||
| 北美哈佛 | 高级教练 | 202 | 1941–1977 | 202, per the Wikipedia type list. | ||
| 德哈维兰吸血鬼FB.5、FB.52、T.11和T.55 | 战斗轰炸机和教练机 | 58 | 1951–1972 | Canberra (strike); Strikemaster (training) | The museum counts 58: 18 new FB.52 and six T.55 (1951–1952), eight second-hand FB.5 (1953), 21 ex-RAF FB.5 and five new T.11 (1955–1956). The Wikipedia type list gives 63. | |
| 英国电气公司堪培拉B(I).12和B.2 | 轰炸机 | 1958–1970 | A-4K Skyhawk | 11–13 bought, plus B.2s used by No. 75 Squadron at Tengah. The museum says 13 B(I).12 operated 1959–1970; the No.
更多的14 Squadron article counts nine B(I).12 and two T.13 received at Ohakea in 1959; No. 75 Squadron flew nine Canberras from Tengah 1958–1962. The Wikipedia type list gives 28 in all. |
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| 桑德兰短途 | 海上巡逻水上飞机 | 20 | 1944–1967 | P-3猎户座 | 20, per the Wikipedia type list. | |
| Handley Page Hastings | 运输 | 4 | 1952–1965 | C-130H | 四、. | |
| 格鲁曼TBF-1复仇者 | 鱼雷轰炸机 | 48 | 1943–1959 | 48 received 1943–1944. | ||
| 德哈维兰 Venom FB.1 | 战斗轰炸机 | 1955–1958 | Canberra | No. 14 Squadron flew 16 in Singapore; the Wikipedia type list counts 48 used in all. The aircraft were RAF machines. | ||
| 北美P-51D野马战斗机 | Fighter (Territorial Air Force) | 30 | 1945–1957 | Thirty, per the Wikipedia type list. | ||
| de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth | 初级教练 | 335 | 1939–1956 | 335, per the Wikipedia type list. | ||
| 德哈维兰蚊式 | 战斗轰炸机 | 89 | 1943–1955 | 吸血鬼 | 89, per the Wikipedia type list. | |
| 康索利德PBY-5和波音PB2B-1卡特琳娜水上飞机 | Flying boat, anti-submarine and rescue | 56 | 1943–1953 | 桑德兰 | 56. | |
| 牛津空速 | 多引擎教练机 | 229 | 1938–1952 | 229, per the Wikipedia type list. | ||
| 格洛斯特流星F.3 | Jet fighter (evaluation) | 1 | 1945–1950 | 一。. | ||
| 沃特F4U-1和固特异FG-1D海盗式战斗机 | 战斗轰炸机 | 424 | 1944–1948 | 424, per the Wikipedia type list. | ||
| 洛克希德·哈德逊 | Maritime reconnaissance bomber | 94 | 1941–1948 | Ventura | 94 received in 1941–1942; NZHistory dates the first 36 to 1941. | |
| 寇蒂斯P-40“小鹰”和“战鹰” | 战斗机 | 1942–1946 | Corsair | 297–301: the museum counts 297, the Wikipedia type list 301. | ||
| 洛克希德B-34和PV-1文图拉 | Maritime and bomber reconnaissance | 139 | 1943–1946 | 139, per the Wikipedia type list. | ||
| 道格拉斯SBD无畏 | 俯冲轰炸机 | 69 | 1943–1944 | 69, per the Wikipedia type list. | ||
| Vickers Vildebeest and Vincent | Torpedo bomber and general purpose | 101 | 1935–1944 | Hudson | 39 Vildebeest and 62 Vincents, per the Wikipedia type list. | |
| 维克斯·惠灵顿 | 轰炸机 | 30 | 1939–1942 | Thirty ordered in 1939. | ||
| 布里斯托尔F.2B战斗机 | Fighter and army co-operation | 7 | 1919–1938 | Seven, per the Wikipedia type list. | ||
| Avro 504K | 教练 | 12 | 1920–1930 | Twelve, per the Wikipedia type list. | ||
| Airco DH.9 | 轰炸机 | 3 | 1923–1929 | Three, per the Wikipedia type list. |
Where the Royal New Zealand Air Force flies from
黑色的标记代表正在使用的基地，空心的标记代表已经关闭的机场。. All three home bases come from the expansion that began in 1937: Ohakea and Whenuapai still fly, while Woodbourne trains, maintains and stores aircraft and shares its runways with Marlborough Airport. Wigram, where the Permanent Air Force began, and the flying-boat stations at Hobsonville and Laucala Bay in Fiji have closed; Tengah in Singapore and Nowra in New South Wales are listed for the RNZAF squadrons once based there. The coordinates of the home bases are taken from Wikipedia, as the New Zealand AIP could not be reached. Entries with no published aerodrome data carry no pin.
新西兰
2 of the 6 bases above sit outside New Zealand, so the world map has to pull back until the home airfields cannot be told apart. The same pins again, without the overseas bases.
| 根据 | 国际民航组织 | 地位 | 跑道 | 部队和飞机 |
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| RNZAF Base AucklandWhenuapai奥克兰 | 新西兰工人党 | 积极的 | 03/212,031 米08/261,581 米 |
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| 新西兰皇家空军奥哈基亚基地Manawatū-Whanganui (Manawatū District, near Bulls) | NZOH | 积极的 | 09/272,445 m15/332,133 m |
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| RNZAF Base WoodbourneMarlborough (near Blenheim) | NZWB | 积极的 | 06R/24L1,425 m06L/24R1,425 m草10/281,182 m草 |
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| 霍布森维尔皇家新西兰空军基地奥克兰 | 2002年关闭 |
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| RNZAF Base WigramCanterbury (Christchurch) | NZWG | 1995年关闭 |
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| RNZAF Station Laucala BayCentral Division, Fiji (Suva) | 1967年关闭 |
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没有找到符合搜索结果的空军基地。.
Who is stationed where in the Royal New Zealand Air Force
按基地排列飞行部队，当前部队优先。. RNZAF squadrons keep their old numbers: No. 40 Squadron has flown transports from Whenuapai since 1943, and No. 14 Squadron, a jet squadron until 2001, was re-raised in 2015 to train pilots on the T-6C. The Venom, Canberra and Skyhawk squadrons that served at Tengah and Nowra are listed with those bases and marked as former. Where the sources date a squadron’s move differently, as with No. 5 Squadron’s move to Ohakea, the entry says so.
- No. 5 SquadronMaritime patrol and anti-submarine squadron · active
- Boeing P-8A Poseidon (4)
- No. 3 Squadron直升机中队 · 现役
- NHIndustries NH90 TTH, Leonardo A109LUH
- 第14中队Pilot training squadron · active
- 比奇T-6C德克萨斯人II型
- No. 42 SquadronMulti-engine training and light transport squadron · active
- 比奇空中国王350
- No. 14 Squadron (jet era)1959–2001
- de Havilland Vampire, English Electric Canberra, BAC Strikemaster, Aermacchi MB-339CB
- No. 75 Squadron1946–2001
- de Havilland Mosquito, de Havilland Vampire, McDonnell Douglas A-4K/TA-4K Skyhawk
- 第40中队空运中队 · 现役
- 洛克希德·马丁C-130J-30大力神运输机（5）, 波音757-2K2（2）
- 第6中队Naval helicopter squadron · active
- 卡曼 SH-2G(I) 超级海妖
- 第62中队太空作战中队 · 现役
- 第5中队（驻扎在韦努阿派）1965–2023
- 洛克希德P-3B、P-3K和P-3K2猎户座
- 第 42 中队（位于弗努阿派）1984–2002
- 霍克·西德利安多弗C.1，后改为比奇空中国王B200
- Ground Training WingRecruit, officer and trade training wing · active
- No. 2 Service Flying Training School1939年—
- Aircraft Repair Depot1949–1998
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Royal New Zealand Air Force milestones, 1914 to today
14 June: the New Zealand Permanent Air Force is gazetted at Sockburn, Christchurch, with eleven full-time staff (NZHistory).
1 April: the Royal New Zealand Air Force becomes an independent service; building starts at Whenuapai, Ohakea and Woodbourne.
The 30 Wellingtons ordered by New Zealand and their crews are offered to Britain and become No. 75 (NZ) Squadron RAF.
Kittyhawks arrive; No. 14 Squadron forms at Masterton on 25 April; the RNZAF meets the Japanese over Guadalcanal.
Peak strength: around 42,000 personnel and 1,336 aircraft; Corsairs replace Kittyhawks and squadrons fly against Rabaul.
The war ends with 3,635 RNZAF dead, according to NZHistory.
No. 14 Squadron takes Vampire jets to Cyprus as part of Britain’s Middle East air force, staying until 1955.
1 May: five No. 14 Squadron Vampires strike guerrillas in Malaya, the RNZAF’s first combat strike since 1945.
The Antarctic Flight is formed to support the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition.
September: No. 14 Squadron’s Canberras deploy to Singapore for the Confrontation with Indonesia, returning in November 1966.
14 April: the first C-130H arrives; Hercules fly into South Vietnam from July and NZ7003 makes the first RNZAF flight to Antarctica on 27 October.
The A-4K Skyhawk enters service with No. 75 Squadron; the kiwi roundel is introduced.
Two Hercules join the coalition in the Gulf war; No. 2 Squadron’s Skyhawks move to Nowra; a defence review leads to the closure of Wigram.
13 December: the air combat force is disbanded and the standards of Nos 2, 14 and 75 Squadrons are laid up at Ohakea; Hercules deploy to Afghanistan.
1 July: the NH90 enters operational service and the Iroquois retires after 49 years; T-6C deliveries begin.
12 December: the first P-8A Poseidon, NZ4801, arrives in New Zealand.
31 January: the C-130H retires after 60 years. 7 April: the Defence Capability Plan. 21 August: A321XLR and MH-60R decisions announced. 9 December: P-8A full operational release.
Paul Goldsmith becomes Minister of Defence in August; the MH-60R final business case is due later in the year.
Every war the Royal New Zealand Air Force has fought
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- Second World War: Bomber Command and the RAF 1939–1945 Supplied aircrew to the RAF, including No
- Second World War: the Pacific 1941–1945 Fighter, bomber-reconnaissance, torpedo, flying-boat and transport squadrons under US command in the South Pacific, from Guadalcanal to the campaign against Rabaul
- Malayan Emergency 1949–1960 Supply drops by Dakotas from 1949; ground-attack strikes by No
- Indonesia–Malaysia Confrontation 1964–1966 不
- 越南战争 1965–1975 Transport flights for New Zealand forces by No
Royal New Zealand Air Force news from Afterburner
Everything MiGFlug’s magazine has published on the Royal New Zealand Air Force and the aircraft it flies. 此列表会自动刷新——新的 Afterburner 文章将自动显示在此处。.
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Read the aircraft the Royal New Zealand Air Force flew
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- NZDF: Royal New Zealand Air Force (Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa)Official English and Maori names as NZDF spells them; mission statement; values. Other NZDF subpages refused automated fetches (HTTP 403) during this research.
- Air Force Museum of New Zealand: Aircraft collectionThe museum at Wigram, Christchurch, and its list of 38 aircraft in the collection.
- 新西兰空军博物馆：大力神赫拉克勒斯展览第一架 C-130H 于 1965 年 4 月 14 日抵达；1969 年 1 月又有两架抵达；1965 年 10 月 27 日，新西兰皇家空军 NZ7003 号飞机首次飞往南极；1965 年 7 月开始飞往越南；NZ7001 号飞机（飞行时间超过 33,000 小时）于 2025 年 2 月 19 日降落在博物馆。.
- Air Force Museum of New Zealand: McDonnell Douglas A-4K Skyhawk NZ6205Ten A-4K and four TA-4K bought 1970; ten ex-RAN aircraft 1984; Project Kahu; withdrawn after 2001; last flight 30 July 2004; most sold to Draken International in 2012.
- Air Force Museum of New Zealand: Aermacchi MB-339CBEighteen acquired 1990, deliveries from 1991, all with No. 14 Squadron at Ohakea; retired 2001; most sold 2012.
- Air Force Museum of New Zealand: BAC 167 Strikemaster Mk.88Ten in 1972 and six more in 1975; No. 14 Squadron jet conversion trainer; replaced in 1992 by the MB-339CB.
- Air Force Museum of New Zealand: English Electric Canberra B(I).12Thirteen Canberra B(I).12 operated 1959-1970 from Ohakea; Confrontation 1964-1966; all 13 sold to the Indian Air Force when the Skyhawk arrived.
- Air Force Museum of New Zealand: de Havilland Vampire FB.5First jet flown operationally by the RNZAF; 58 Vampires of several marks 1951-1972.
- Air Force Museum of New Zealand: Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk297 Kittyhawks, 1942 to mid-1944; eight squadrons; 99 Japanese aircraft destroyed and 14 probables; replaced by Corsairs.
- Air Force Museum of New Zealand: Consolidated Catalina56 PBY-5 and PB2B-1 Catalinas 1943-1953; Laucala Bay, Guadalcanal, Espiritu Santo.
- Air Force Museum of New Zealand: Lockheed Hudson Mk III94 Hudsons 1941-1942; Nos 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9 Squadrons; replaced by the Ventura 1943-1944.
- Air Force Museum of New Zealand: Grumman TBF-1 Avenger48 Avengers 1943-1944 for Nos 30 and 31 Squadrons; last six used for target towing at Ohakea to 1959.
- Air Force Museum of New Zealand: Lockheed P-3K2 Orion NZ4203Five P-3Bs 1966 and one ex-RAAF in 1985; RIGEL (P-3K) and KESTREL (P-3K2) upgrades; No. 5 Squadron at Whenuapai; retired progressively from 2021.
- Air Force Museum of New Zealand: Bell UH-1H Iroquois NZ3801Five UH-1D in 1966 and nine UH-1H in 1970; No. 3 Squadron for 49 years; 16 No. 3 Squadron pilots with No. 9 Squadron RAAF in Vietnam 1967-1971; service in Timor-Leste.
- Air Force Museum of New Zealand: Bristol 170 Freighter Mk.31MTwelve, 1951-1955, No. 41 Squadron; South-East Asia from 1955; Operation Scorpion in Thailand 1962; withdrawn 1977; last flight 16 March 1978.
- Air Force Museum of New Zealand: Kaman SH-2F SeaspriteFour SH-2F jointly operated by the RNZN and RNZAF 1997-2001, flown by Navy pilots and maintained by No. 3 Squadron’s Naval Support Flight.
- NZHistory: Royal New Zealand Air Force formedRNZAF became an independent service on 1 April 1937; the combat force was disbanded in 2001 after ANZUS, cuts and the focus on peacekeeping.
- NZHistory: RNZAF overview 1913-1945NZPAF of 1923 with 11 full-time staff; 756 full-time personnel in September 1939; 7,002 airmen into RAF squadrons via the Empire Air Training Scheme; peak of around 42,000 in 1944; 5,300 by mid-1946.
- NZHistory: RNZAF overview 1946-2012Berlin airlift; Cyprus 1952-1955; 115 strike missions 1955-1958; Confrontation; 30 RNZAF pilots in Vietnam 1967-1971; peacekeeping list; 1991 review and Wigram closure; 2001 disbandment; 2002 upgrades.
- 新西兰历史：新西兰皇家空军大事记逐年里程碑：1944 年拥有 1,336 架飞机和 42,000 名人员；第二次世界大战中 3,635 名新西兰皇家空军人员阵亡；1991 年海湾战争中出动两架大力神运输机；2001 年大力神运输机进军阿富汗。.
- NZHistory: RNZAF’s first combat strike since the Second World War1 May 1955: five No. 14 Squadron Vampires from Tengah against guerrillas in Malaya, led by Flt Lt Stuart McIntyre; 115 strike missions in three years.
- NZHistory: NZ and Confrontation in BorneoNo. 14 Squadron with six Canberras in Singapore; No. 41 Squadron Bristol Freighter supply drops in Borneo; 12 New Zealanders died in South-East Asia 1964-1966.
- NZHistory: The Vietnam WarRNZAF helicopter pilots with No. 9 Squadron RAAF and forward air controllers with the USAF from 1967; more than 3,000 New Zealanders served 1963-1975; 37 died on active service; last RNZAF flight out in April 1975.
- NZHistory: New Zealanders in the air (D-Day)Over 6,000 New Zealanders in the UK with the RAF by 1944; seven RAF squadrons with New Zealand identity: 75 and 487 (Bomber Command), 485, 486, 488 (Fighter Command), 489, 490 (Coastal Command).
- Governor-General of New Zealand: Closure of the Air Combat Force (13 December 2001)Speech by Dame Silvia Cartwright at Ohakea at the parade laying up the standards of Nos 2, 14 and 75 Squadrons.
- Nick Lee-Frampton: Skyhawk, New Zealand’s fast jet (FAAAA)Skyhawk purchase approved 10 June 1968, handed over 10 June 1970; ex-RAN purchase announced 29 June 1984; Project Kahu approved May 1985 at $148 million; No. 2 Squadron left Ohakea for Nowra in 1991.
- RNZ：新西兰皇家空军将退役 C-130H Hercules 机队（2025 年 1 月 30 日）2025 年 1 月 31 日退休，服役 60 年，飞行 155,000 小时，起降 100,000 次；空军副元帅达林·韦伯参与南极救援和喀布尔 2021 年活动。.
- RNZ: Seahawks and Airbuses — Government reveals $2.7b planes and helicopters (21 August 2025)Two A321XLR ($620 million capital, delivery 2028, lease to buy) and five MH-60R (more than $2 billion) announced by Judith Collins and Winston Peters.
- RNZ: Revealed — what the new Defence Force planes will look like (21 November 2025)A321XLR lease to buy with Air Lease Corporation; delivery 2028; about 120 passengers and 9,000 kg; quote from Air Vice-Marshal Darryn Webb.
- RNZ: Defence Force can’t service Poseidon planes, sends them to Australia (28 March 2025)Four P-8As costing $2.3 billion; depot maintenance contracted in Adelaide; maintenance staff at half the required level in late 2023.
- RNZ: NZ sticks with troubled NH90s as Australia and Norway opt for alternatives (24 April 2023)Eight NH90s plus one for spares, almost $800 million, delivered 2012-2014; typically six of eight airworthy in 2022.
- RNZ: NZ Air Force evacuates three people from Antarctica for medical care (6 August 2025)C-130J midwinter medical evacuation from McMurdo Station to Christchurch, about 15 hours; Air Commodore Andy Scott quoted.
- Ministry of Defence: 2025 Defence Capability Plan (7 April 2025)$12 billion over four years, $9 billion new; maritime helicopters $2 billion plus; 757 replacement $600 million-1 billion; long-range RPAS $100-300 million; counter-UAS; Ohakea infrastructure final phase $300-600 million.
- Ministry of Defence: Major Projects Report 2025 (published 3 September 2026)P-8A: LOA 9 July 2018, first aircraft December 2022, full operational release 9 December 2025, No. 5 Squadron at Ohakea. C-130J-30: LOA 4 June 2020, $1.414 billion, deliveries September-December 2024, IOR 30 January 2025, FOR 30 October 2025, No. 40 Squadron at Auckland.
- Ministry of Defence: Air Surveillance Maritime Patrol (P-8A Poseidon)$2.34 billion approved 2 July 2018; NZ4801 arrived 12 December 2022; all four by July 2023; No. 5 Squadron at Ohakea; Te Whare Toroa facility complete December 2024.
- Ministry of Defence: Future Air Mobility – Strategic (757 replacement)Two A321XLR on a six-year lease-to-buy agreement; 757s obtained in 2003; 122 passengers, 9,100 kg cargo, 8,700 km range.
- Ministry of Defence: Maritime Helicopter ReplacementNegotiations for five MH-60R announced 21 August 2025 under US Foreign Military Sales; more than $2 billion budgeted; final decisions in 2026.
- Ministry of Defence: Operational and Regulatory Aviation Compliance Sustainment (ORACS)ADS-B, performance-based navigation and secure radio upgrades for the NH90 and 757; phases approved 2019-2024; 757 secure radios released December 2024.
- Ministry of Defence: Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Defence, Hon Paul Goldsmith (August 2026, published 14 September 2026)Paul Goldsmith incoming minister August 2026; A321XLR more than $700 million; MH-60R preferred option, business case due later in 2026; polar-capable uncrewed aircraft for Navy ships in Budget 2026.
- NZHistory: Operation Overdue (Erebus 1979)First flight with bodies at Whenuapai 6 December 1979; second 11 December; 213 of 257 identified.
- 新西兰历史：披头士乐队在奥克兰1964 年 6 月抵达奥克兰 Whenuapai 机场；300 名粉丝等候。.
- 新西兰历史：1953-54年皇家访问行程1953 年 12 月 28 日在新西兰皇家空军韦努阿派基地举行授旗仪式；1954 年 1 月 16 日飞往新西兰皇家空军伍德伯恩基地。.
- 新西兰空军博物馆：‘简直太棒了’——购入C-130H大力神运输机（大卫·金，2025年1月29日）1350 万美元用于购买三架飞机和备件（1963 年）；前三架飞机于 1965 年 4 月在 Whenuapai 交付；另外两架于 1969 年 1 月交付；到 1965 年 7 月已交付越南；戈登·拉格报价。.
- Air Force Museum of New Zealand: International incident – the Orion and the Rainbow Warrior bombing (David King, 16 July 2024)P-3K NZ4203 from Whenuapai, 25 July 1985; search for the Ouvéa; Don Simms quotation.
- Air Force Museum of New Zealand: Operation Desert Storm – the RNZAF and the Gulf War, 1991 (Simon Moody)Two Hercules and 46 personnel at Riyadh 23 December 1990; later about 60; final return to Whenuapai 12 April 1991.
- Air Force Museum of New Zealand: The arrival of the Southern Cross at Wigram (Brian Lockstone)Landing 11 September 1928; about 30,000 people; escort of four NZPAF Bristol Fighters.
- RNZ: Ōhakea Air Force base to hold two large hangars, workforce of 1200 (28 March 2022)Hangar dimensions; $250 million; facilities; mayor’s remark on defence as the district’s second-largest industry.
- RNZ: First of four new Boeing P-8A Poseidons arrive in New Zealand (14 December 2022)First P-8A landed at Ōhakea on 13 December 2022 (the Ministry gives 12 December); 250 personnel to transfer over 18 months.
- RNZ: Singapore considers training its fighter pilots in NZ (25 February 2017)F-15SGs at the RNZAF 80th anniversary; up to 500 extra people; Gerry Brownlee quotation.
- RNZ: Toxic firefighting foam – new water supply for Ōhakea opens (17 August 2022)PFAS found 2017; about 90 properties; $11.9 million scheme, $10.88 million from government.
- RNZ: Military chopper forced to land after signs of engine fire near Palmerston North (10 October 2025)A109 from Base Ohakea; three crew unhurt.
- RNZ: US Air Force’s largest plane lands in Auckland to make special delivery (20 August 2025)C-5M at Whenuapai with C-130J simulator parts; at least 150 spectators.
- 新西兰广播电台：政府拨款$2.5b用于维持国防设施的正常运转（2025年11月26日）奥克兰基地机库门故障（克里斯·彭克）；奥哈基亚基础设施计划；伍德伯恩的水位限制。.
- RNZ: Why low-flying German military planes are in New Zealand skies (14 November 2025)Exercise Tūhono Rangi from Woodbourne: two A400Ms, an A330 and an A321; about 60 RNZAF personnel from Ohakea.
- RNZ: $25m Te Tiriti redress deal agreed for contaminated Blenheim land (6 November 2024)$25.2 million to the three Kurahaupō iwi over PFAS contamination at Woodbourne; contamination found in 2019.
- RNZ: NZ’s only retired Orion aeroplane goes on display at Air Force Museum (18 April 2024)NZ4203 trucked from Woodbourne to the museum; 27,000 flying hours.
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