New Zealand's first C-130J-30 takes flight! The newest Super Hercules fleet will enhance the NZ Defence Force's capabilities in crucial missions for decades to come. 🇳🇿

STORY📰 Kaliomiha Talamahina is the youngest of 61 graduates from this year’s #NZAirForce recruit course and says that youthful starting point gave him the drive to succeed.

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STORY📰 Communications mechanic Leela Brown is looking forward to “passing it forward” when she travels to her home region to promote the technology side of the #NZAirForce .

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NEWS📢 For the sixth time, we have deployed a maritime patrol aircraft and specialist personnel to detect and deter evasions of United Nations Security Council resolutions imposing sanctions against North Korea.

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Patrol ship HMS Tamar has been working with the NZ Defence Force and Fijian authorities to protect Pacific fishing stocks. 🇬🇧🇫🇯🇳🇿

Illegal fishing is thought to cost island communities over £200m every year - as well as harming the eco-system.🐟

STORY📰 It’s sixty years since the #NZArmy Band was officially formed and the milestone was marked in spectacular musical fashion over the weekend, with band members past and present taking the stage at the Christchurch Town Hall.

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STORY📰 New Zealanders from three of our missions and the New Zealand embassy in Honiara gathered for a moment of reflection in Solomon Islands to commemorate the Second World War sinking of HMNZS Moa in Tulagi Harbour.

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Awesome to welcome our friends from NZ Defence Force to the Tāwhaki National Aerospace Centre at Kaitorete recently. The crew flying the Seasprite helicopter stopped by to the acknowledge the aerospace innovation happening here now and the historic ties of NZDF to Kaitorete

STORY📰 When Aircraftman Georgia Woodhouse graduates the #NZAirForce recruit course this week, she will officially join what her mum calls the “family business”.

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Admiral John C. Aquilino, Commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, honored Air Marshal Kevin R. Short, New Zealand's Chief of Defence Force, with the prestigious Legion of Merit on Saturday.

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💬 'This is an awesome opportunity to represent Royal NZ Navy & Aotearoa.

'Working with Royal Navy & Ministry of Fisheries, Fiji to counter IUUF in the region, our combined efforts have strengthened deterrence & enforcement, directly benefitting the prosperity of our Pacific Island partners.' 🐟

NEWS📢 Chief of Defence Force AM Short (Air Marshal Kevin Short) has been awarded the U.S. Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious service during his time in the top job.

AM Short was presented the award by ADM Aquilino, commander of the U.S. U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.

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NEWS📢 Our NZDF contingent tasked with helping out during the Solomon Islands national election has sailed in to the capital Honiara to begin its work.

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NEWS📢 We have successfully launched an experimental satellite payload into orbit on a United States satellite, which will allow defence scientists to conduct space communications research.

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STORY📰 Ever since Flight Lieutenant Ben Pickering was a little boy, he knew he wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps and join the #NZAirForce .

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STORY📰 Flying a helicopter at the Southern Hemisphere’s largest airshow will be a “big deal” for Ohakea-based Flying Officer Callum McNally.

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STORY📰 Whether in the heat of her homeland of Vanuatu or in the chill air of New Zealand’s south island, the tenor horn still sounds the same and connects people for Corporal Georgette Kalorip.

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STORY📰 Lincoln’s Caitlin Early trained for a career in film and music, but her childhood holiday haunt Wānaka will provide the stage and the #NZAirForce the soundtrack as aviation buffs return to #WarbirdsOverWanaka this Easter.

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STORY📰 Flying in the skies above Wānaka will be a very special experience for #NZAirForce C-130H (NZ) Hercules co-pilot Flight Lieutenant Angus Knox.

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