Post by ErrolC on Sept 29, 2017 11:42:36 GMT 12
MRC Aviation notes that the RNZAF helicopters will be at Omaka, and fixed wing at Woodbourne. RAAF and C-17 based elsewhere?
From the NZDF press release:
The main contingent will arrive at Blenheim Airport in military fixed wing transport aircraft, such as the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) C-130H Hercules. You may also see a United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster and a Royal Australian Air Force C-130J Hercules parachuting loads onto selected drop zones in the exercise area. The RNZAF's NH90 and A109 helicopters will be based out of Omaka Airfield.
There’ll be a number of Navy Ships off the coast between Kaikoura and the Marlborough Sounds as other elements of the contingent arrive by sea over the beach in Okiwi Bay and across the wharf at Picton.
More than 2,000 military personnel from New Zealand and 13 other countries will descend on the top of the South Island at the start of October for an international exercise hosted by the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF).
Exercise Southern Katipo 17 (SK17), which runs from 2 October to 18 November, aims to test and evaluate the NZDF’s ability to plan and conduct joint operations involving a range of naval, land, and air assets. It will also involve military personnel from Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Fiji, New Caledonia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Tonga, Timor Leste, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The exercise areas will be the West Coast, Tasman and Marlborough, extending south to Greymouth in the west and Kaikoura in the east.
mrcaviation.blogspot.co.nz/2017/10/southern-katipo-2017-updated-26-october.html
From the NZDF press release:
The main contingent will arrive at Blenheim Airport in military fixed wing transport aircraft, such as the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) C-130H Hercules. You may also see a United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster and a Royal Australian Air Force C-130J Hercules parachuting loads onto selected drop zones in the exercise area. The RNZAF's NH90 and A109 helicopters will be based out of Omaka Airfield.
There’ll be a number of Navy Ships off the coast between Kaikoura and the Marlborough Sounds as other elements of the contingent arrive by sea over the beach in Okiwi Bay and across the wharf at Picton.
More than 2,000 military personnel from New Zealand and 13 other countries will descend on the top of the South Island at the start of October for an international exercise hosted by the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF).
Exercise Southern Katipo 17 (SK17), which runs from 2 October to 18 November, aims to test and evaluate the NZDF’s ability to plan and conduct joint operations involving a range of naval, land, and air assets. It will also involve military personnel from Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Fiji, New Caledonia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Tonga, Timor Leste, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The exercise areas will be the West Coast, Tasman and Marlborough, extending south to Greymouth in the west and Kaikoura in the east.
mrcaviation.blogspot.co.nz/2017/10/southern-katipo-2017-updated-26-october.html