In April 1948 PZ474 was flown to New Zealand and, upon arrival at RNZAF Base Ohakea, it was given a new serial number, NZ2384. The aircraft during its tenure with the RNZAF served with 75 Squadron ...

C-130H Hercules fleet has been a cornerstone of New Zealand’s air transport capability, serving both at home and abroad.

The fleet officially retired at the end of January and the planes are taking the nationwide bow before travelling to RNZAF Base Woodbourne, where four of them will remain. One will go on display ...

Four of the Air Force’s retired C-130H Hercules will be relocated to RNZAF Base Woodbourne after completing their flypasts over the South Island to mark their official withdrawal on January 31. One ...

A flypast over the South Island is planned for Monday and Tuesday next week, and four of the aircraft will then go to RNZAF Base Woodbourne. The RNZAF is planning on having one aircraft go to the ...

The Air Force’s C-130H Hercules fleet has been retired from service and have been flying over the country as a final farewell After more than 100,000 take-offs and landings and 60 years in the ...

Robert Richard Roper’s offending occurred between 1976 and 1988 when he served with the RNZAF at its Whenuapai base in Hobsonville, Auckland. Now in his 70s, Roper was sentenced in 2015 to 13 ...

Four of the aircraft would then retire to RNZAF base in Woodbourne, and the fifth would go to the Air Force Museum at Wigram. Chief of Air Force, Air Vice-Marshal Darryn Webb, said it was the unique ...