Missile launch success 🚀 In a world-first a Seasprite helicopter has launched a Penguin anti-ship guided missile. And, as expected, it was right on target. The missile, which carries a 120kg high explosive warhead, is designed to skim above the sea and penetrate targets at their waterline. The warhead has a delay fuse which detonates inside the target. No. 6 Squadron armament technician Sergeant Shaun Lindsay explained the trade’s crucial role in the successful missile launch and why the live-f

Who said learning can't be fun?🕹️✈️ The Marshalling Simulator at Base Woodbourne uses virtual reality goggles to provide an immersive simulation of an aircraft flight line, allowing trainees to experience marshalling an aircraft without the need to utilise actual aircraft. Here, the simulation is based at the Base Auckland airfield for training purposes, but it could be at any airport in the world! The simulator uses high-quality VR goggles with excellent visual accuracy, allowing students to f

Remote Delivery🚁📦 No. 3 Squadron was recently involved with a joint operation to deliver pest traps into remote areas of Kaweka Forest Park in Hawke's Bay. Our NH90 helicopter and crew were called in to help with efforts to upgrade the trapping network in the park, which helped protect species with a 9,000-hectare area. The North Island brown kiwi is seriously endangered in the park, and parts of the trapping network, established in 2008, were past their best. The operation involved collaborat

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