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Thursday, November 7, 2013

Exercise Kiwi Flag 2013

Following on from the successful March 2012 event staged from RNZAF Base Whenuapai , the NZ Defense Force is this month hosting Exercise Kiwi Flag 2013 from RNZAF Base Ohakea near Palmerston North with the international aircraft contingent also being involved with Exercise Southern Katipo centred around Timaru.

The arrival of two United States Marine Corp Lockheed KC130J Hercules last weekend at Ohakea were obviously a prelude to the exercise however one of the aircraft, 168072, departed Ohakea for Pago Pago 04 November leaving 165736 on location.
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The afternoon of 06 November saw Royal Australian Air Force Lockheed C130J A97-450 arrive at Ohakea from Richmond along with Singapore Air Force Lockheed C130 735, also arriving from Richmond as "Singa 9399".

A couple of recent news articles in relation to both Kiwi Flag and Southern Katipo:

A link to last years event : http://www.defencecareers.mil.nz/node/1223

A United States Air Force C17 Globemaster 98-0051, is set to arrive today from Hawaii as "TOGO 99", matching the same callsign used by last year's Kiwi Flag US participant. 
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