United States Navy Boeing 737-7DM BBJ/C40 01-0015 touched down at Whenuapai on the afternoon of 13 February from Honolulu as "SPAR55". It is understood the jet has arrived to carry the US Chief of Naval Operations Admiral J W Greenert at the conclusion of a regional trip to Australia and New Zealand.
The jet departed late morning 14 February on its way back to Honolulu.
01-0015 most recently visited NZ during April last year when it arrived Wellington on the 12th from Tonga and departed for Port Moresby two days later.
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| File photo - arriving Wellington 12 April 2012. |
