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P-3K2 Orion

Members of the New Zealand Defence Force maritime surveillance mission in the Middle East. Credit: Australian Defence Force
Middle East New Zealand News Operations 

NZ MINDEF commends Middle East Orion mission

28/03/2018 Brian Hartigan 1592 Views 0 Comments CMF, Combined Maritime Forces, New Zealand Defence Force, P-3K2 Orion, Royal New Zealand Air Force

New Zealand Defence Minister Ron Mark has commended the work of New Zealand Defence Force personnel in the Middle East

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Survivors from a missing ferry in Kiribati are found in a dinghy – and a Royal New Zealand Air Force crewman prepares to drop emergency supplies to them. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News Overseas Pacific 

RNZAF Orion finds seven survivors from missing ferry

28/01/2018 Brian Hartigan 1491 Views 0 Comments Kiribati, P-3K2 Orion, Royal New Zealand Air Force

A Royal New Zealand Air Force Orion sent to look for a missing ferry off Kiribati with 50 people on

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Seized parcels of heroin lay on the flight deck of HMAS Warramunga during an operation in the Western Indian Ocean. Photo by Leading Seaman Tom Gibson.
Australian Middle East New Zealand News Operations Royal Australian Navy Videos 

HMAS Warramunga does it again – with new record drug bust

26/01/201812/06/2018 Brian Hartigan 3124 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga, P-3K2 Orion, Royal New Zealand Air Force

HMAS Warramunga’s crew has conducted one of the largest drug seizures in Operation Manitou’s history as part of the Australian-led

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File photo RNZAF P-3K2 Orion maritime surveillance aircraft. US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Phillip Pavlovich.
New Zealand News Overseas 

RNZAF Orion to survey volcanos on way home from Middle East

25/09/2017 Brian Hartigan 1886 Views 0 Comments P-3K2 Orion, RNZAF, RNZDF, Vanuatu

The New Zealand Defence Force is planning to conduct an aerial survey of an erupting volcano on Vanuatu’s Ambae Island

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A Zodiac from HMNZS Otago, with fisheries officers from New Zealand and Vanuatu, approaches a fishing vessel in the south-west Pacific during Operation Island Chief. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News Pacific 

NZDF boarded 26 vessels during Pacific fisheries patrols

10/08/2017 Brian Hartigan 1909 Views 0 Comments Forum Fisheries Agency, HMNZS Otago, New Zealand Defence Force, NZDF, P-3K2 Orion, RNZAF, Royal New Zealand Air Force

New Zealand Defence Force personnel located 60 vessels of interest and boarded 26 others in multilateral fisheries patrols conducted recently

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P-3 Orion leaves Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Whenuapai on it's way to conduct maritime security opperations in the Middle East. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News Operations 

Flying Kiwis help nab 400kg heroin

11/05/2017 Brian Hartigan 2195 Views 0 Comments Orion, P-3K2 Orion

A Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion surveillance aircraft has helped a multinational task force seize 400kg of heroin,

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P-3 Orion leaves Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Whenuapai on it's way to conduct maritime security opperations in the Middle East. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News Operations 

RNZAF sends Orion to Middle East

10/02/2017 Brian Hartigan 2816 Views 0 Comments P-3K2 Orion, Royal New Zealand Air Force

The New Zealand Defence Force sent a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion surveillance aircraft this morning to the

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NZDF photo
New Zealand News Overseas Science & Technology 

Kiwis get rare torpedo-drop opportunity on RIMPAC

21/07/201621/07/2016 Brian Hartigan 3802 Views 0 Comments HMNZS Te Kaha, P-3K2 Orion, Seasprite, torpedoes

Ships and aircraft of the New Zealand Defence Force joined forces to hunt down an ‘enemy’ submarine and attack it

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NZDF photo
New Zealand News Overseas 

NZAF Orion finds Kiribati fishermen missing a week

15/05/2016 Brian Hartigan 1633 Views 0 Comments Kiribati fishermen, P-3K2 Orion

  A New Zealand Defence Force P-3K2 Orion has found three Kiribati fishermen missing since the morning of 7 May

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