RAF Form 414, Vol 22

I trust that you will recall the stories from my RAF Logbook which had reached the point of my first Hornet deployment to New Zealand to work with the Kiwi A4 Skyhawks of No 75 Squadron Royal New Zealand Air Force at Ohakea.
The squadron we were working with had a rich history and I was sure I was going to enjoy my time with them.

 

75 Sqn RNZAF formed with Wellingtons purchased by the New Zealand government

 

75 Sqn A4 Skyhawk

 

The Kiwi Red formation team

 

Inverted whilst in contact

 

An A4 in combat firing rockets

 

How to fly a flat scissors

 

An FA18 pulls into the vertical

 

The effectiveness of camouflage

 

Low level

 

Attacking a splash target

 

The Hornet at night

 

The disappearance of the hook was investigated

 

The perp was arrested!

 

75 Sqn RNZAF was sadly disbanded

 

Images shown under creative commons licence with thanks to the RAF, the New Zealand Defence Force, the USN, CNATRA, Bernardo Malfitano and Myself.