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Post by tbf25o4 on Oct 19, 2014 10:32:31 GMT 12
There are several Operations conducted by 3 squadron over the years related to NZ Police drug recovery
normally Diane, Peka Peka, exercises with police Lawman
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Post by oj on Oct 24, 2014 21:03:21 GMT 12
I didn't see anybody mention the REFLEX exercises. REFLEX 2 at Raingataiki (Taupo-Napier road) in Oct 1963. I have written about that elsewhere in this forum.
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Post by aircraftclocks on Oct 29, 2014 11:03:16 GMT 12
I went on a medical exercise when on 42 Sqn, Vanmed 89, to Vanuatu.
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Post by camtech on Oct 29, 2014 14:55:16 GMT 12
Off the top of my head -
Tropic 79 - Nandi, Fiji (Andovers, Iroquois, Skyhawk?)
Kangaroo III Oct/Nov 79 - Shoalwater Bay, Rockhampton (Andover, Iroquois, P3B)
Pluto 4, 5, 6 Woodbourne - (Andover, Hercules) - earlier ones involved B170, Daks.
Vanguard 78 - Indonesia, Singapore, Butterworth (Skyhawk, Orion, Hercules, Andover)
Wise Owl 84 - Paraparaumu (F27, Airtrainers)
Plus several others that I can't think of the names for:
Townsville 1968/9 P3B
Singapore April 1974 P3B
Ohakea 1968 Hercules, B170
Solomon Islands July 1980 Andover - part of NZ Army safe drinking water project
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Post by mohdnoor on Apr 8, 2017 15:29:38 GMT 12
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Post by davidd on Apr 9, 2017 14:42:24 GMT 12
Don't know if the RAAF deployments to New Zealand should be counted, but they have added much colour and noise over the years! Off the top of my head I can recall the following.
RAAF Lincolns (1950s), then Dakotas (1960s), then HS 748 from RAAF School of Air Navigation, East Sale, Vic, from early 1950s onwards, almost always to Wigram and our equivalent School, probably ended in about 1993 when NATTS gave up the unequal struggle.
F-111s from Amberley (Brisbane, Queensland) on mountain flying exercises around NZ since their introduction into RAAF service in early 1970s.
Mirages, then F/A-18 Hornets on the Willoh series to Ohakea (actually reciprocal series, already covered).
Caribous on navigation (and mountain flying?) exercises, with the heroic cross-Tasman flights occupying a good many hours each way, often called in at Wigram, but no doubt seen at many other NZ fields.
Of course the RAAF was also over here on many of the joint service and joint national exercises (and some operations, as on trans-Tasman emergency airlifts) already mentioned.
David D
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Post by dutchkiwi on May 23, 2017 8:12:26 GMT 12
Off the top of my head - Tropic 79 - Nandi, Fiji (Andovers, Iroquois, Skyhawk?) Are there any pictures from Andovers and Skyhawks at Fiji Islands? |
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Post by camtech on May 23, 2017 10:16:44 GMT 12
I have a couple of slides of Andovers in Fiji, plus a framed photo of 2 Andovers out on one of the island airstrips.
I'm away for the next few days, but will have a look when I get back. Can't see any of Skyhawks, but will check.
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Post by snaphead on May 23, 2017 10:49:51 GMT 12
Two Wigram exercises I was involved with in the early 1980's . This was an exercise to Alexandra airfield (grass), I think it was a "WISE OWL" involving CT 4 B's And F-27 aircraft. Why this one sticks in my mind was the story we were told by S/L Bob Henderson of slope soring the F-27 over the Alps. The F-27 has a high aspect wing profile so was not surprised. Was also involved in the "last" Devon exercise which was at RNZAF Woodbourne. I can't recall the name of the exercise but two facts stick with me. The first was the "high land cropduster operatng out of the airfield, the other ,we were told' was the impression of a female parachutist left after her chute failed to open,some months earlier. The grass was totally dead at the point of impact.
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Post by dutchkiwi on May 24, 2017 4:31:48 GMT 12
I have a couple of slides of Andovers in Fiji, plus a framed photo of 2 Andovers out on one of the island airstrips. I'm away for the next few days, but will have a look when I get back. Can't see any of Skyhawks, but will check. Thanks... would be great to see those pics. I did saw pictures of at least two A-4K at Fiji, will try to find them. Cheers |
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 24, 2017 9:54:52 GMT 12
the other ,we were told' was the impression of a female parachutist left after her chute failed to open,some months earlier. The grass was totally dead at the point of impact. That was still the case when I was at No. 4TTS in mid-1989. I think there's now that new building over top of the impact area, but I understand the grass never did grow back there. A sad legend that one. |
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Post by camtech on Feb 5, 2019 19:17:38 GMT 12
To bring this thread back to life - I have been working on a list of Red Owl/Wise Owl exercise dates/locations and need a bit of help to fill the gaps.
I'm specifically looking for details of Red Owl 2, 9, 13 and 14, and also Wise Owl 21, 22, 23, 33, 36, 47, 61, 86 and 99.
I would also appreciate information on any Red/Wise Owl regarding pilot and Nav course numbers, aircraft serials and any other specific exercise detail. I'm not looking for "what happened behind the tents" stories - they need to be in a book.
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Post by aircraftclocks on Feb 16, 2019 16:31:03 GMT 12
Just been reading that there was a SEATO exercise "Log Train", 17 -30 March 1965 that the RNZAF appears to have taken part in.
There was also an exercise "Sea Horse" in May 1965, in the South China Sea. The NZ contribution to this exercise may have only been Naval.
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Post by vansvilla on Feb 22, 2019 19:31:12 GMT 12
Add "Floatex" to the mix. Mid to late 70's, I went on two but there were more.
Put two Sioux on floats and base out of Whakatane Drill hall.
That was where I learnt you could drink a 7oz beer with a teaspoon quicker than you could eat a wheatbix dry.
Then the following year, based out of Rotorua Airport.
Lots of lovely lakes to play on.
On water a Sioux will do one and a half revolutions before the tail rotor has any effect when starting up on water, a very eerie feeling.
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Post by davidd on Feb 22, 2019 21:47:54 GMT 12
vansvilla,
I never knew a Sioux did that, but then I never really thought about it before!
David D
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Post by tbf25o4 on Feb 23, 2019 9:56:08 GMT 12
David, have a look in SEEK AND DESTROY there is a photo of two of them on floats at Rotorua. The floats were usually trucked to the site of the exercise and mounted there, and removed before
the aircraft returned home otherwise if fitted the Sioux would have needed and extra day each end for transit time!!!
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Post by vansvilla on Feb 27, 2019 1:58:43 GMT 12
Not on the Float ex's I did. Flew them in and out.
Can't say say as how I recall not fitting them before as there was some training reqd before they got near the water.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 2, 2024 23:41:37 GMT 12
From The Press, 27 June 1969
Nelson To Be Base For Harvard Exercise
An extensive Harvard flying programme is planned to take place from Nelson in the week beginning July 6 when student pilots of the R.N.Z.A.F. Pilot Training Squadron at Wigram will be given an insight into Air Force work in the field.
Exercise “Red Owl One” is the first such exercise for the student pilots. Forty-two men under the command of Squadron Leader J. M. Terry, commanding officer of the Pilot Training Squadron, will live under canvas at Nelson that week. Six Harvards and one Devon will be based at Nelson during the exercise.
Nelson was chosen mainly because of its proximity to other airfields and for the type of terrain in the surrounding area which provides a good contrast to the terrain around Christchurch where the squadron is based.
The men involved in the exercise include eight students of No. 52 Pilots’ Course which began training in January, seven flying instructors, and 29 servicing and support staff. The first of the contingent to arrive at Nelson will be a small advance party flying in a Devon. Most of the equipment and ground support staff will fly from Wigram in a Hercules on July 6. Then the Harvards will be flown by pilot trainees and their instructors.
The programme will involve formation flying, mountain flying, and navigational exercises, including landings at airfields at Motueka, Takaka, and Karamea. A “target” for simulated “strikes” has been selected for each exercise so that students have a definite operational aim. The Devon will be used for liaison, command and control.
The Pilot Training Squadron is a unit of the Air Force Training Group at Wigram and is responsible for all initial pilot training for the armed services in New Zealand.
The pilot training course is 15 months and a half during which the students fly about 250 hours in Harvards on basic training and Devons for advanced training, and undergo intensive ground training in aviation subjects.
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Post by StuArmourer on Oct 20, 2024 7:41:42 GMT 12
How many Falcons Roost exercises were there?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 20, 2024 9:18:20 GMT 12
I am not sure but there are a few more I just added on page 1 of this thread that I just found on Papers Past.
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