A complete set ✈️ #BaseOhakea had the rare opportunity to line all four P-8A Poseidons on the apron today, providing the perfect opportunity to capture the whole fleet.
📸 NZDF Photographer Corporal Maddy Butcher
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WATCH🎬 Our third P-8A is en route home to Aotearoa New Zealand, having taken flight from it’s nest in the United States today. The aircraft is due to touch down at #BaseOhakea on Friday.
Learn more about our P-8A: nzdf.mil.nz/poseidon
🎥The Boeing Company
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Base Commander of #BaseOhakea , Group Captain Rob Shearer, takes one for the team and tests our #MilitaryWorkingDog (MWD) capability first-hand.
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Appaws for our graduates👏We have four new Patrol Dog teams heading to #BaseOhakea soon. Check out behind the scenes of graduation day!
Teams spent 12 weeks training at #BaseAuckland . They’ll now support the security of Base Ohakea, and our P-8A Poseidon aircraft.
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*In our best David Attenborough voice* Banded Dotterel often flock to #BaseOhakea 🐦✈️
These delightful birds seem oblivious to most aircraft and vehicles. Staff on base often relocate vulnerable nests - all in the name of conservation.
➡️nzdf.mil.nz/ohakea-dottere…
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Signed, sealed, delivered 📦✈️ Our fourth and final P-8A Poseidon has arrived home to #BaseOhakea .
The Poseidon touched down after a flight from Boeing Defense's workshops in the United States.
Learn about our P-8A Poseidon aircraft
➡️nzdf.mil.nz/poseidon
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Triple threat✈️✈️✈️ Today we say haere mai to a third P-8A Poseidon aircraft to #BaseOhakea and into our Royal NZ Air Force fleet.
The P-8A touched down after a flight from The Boeing Company workshops in the U.S.
The final P-8A delivery will wrap up by mid-2023.
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Thanks for the lift Royal Australian Air Force! 🤙
Our friends across the ditch have been visiting #BaseOhakea with their C-17A Globemasters, loading our NH90 helicopters on board, which they have since flown to Exercise Talisman Sabre in Australia.
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New dog facility open🐾 Our Military Working Dogs in the new dog section at #BaseOhakea now have a permanent new home.
The new facility includes an outdoor play area, kennels, and even a therapy pool for the dogs.
Read more ➡️ nzdf.mil.nz/new-mwd-facili…
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Triple threat✈️✈️✈️ Today we say haere mai to a third P-8A Poseidon aircraft to #BaseOhakea and into our fleet.
The P-8A touched down after a flight from The Boeing Company workshops in the U.S.
Three down, one to go. The final P-8A delivery will wrap up by mid-2023.
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STORY📰 The arrival of our P-8A Poseidon aircraft at #BaseOhakea has sped up the establishment of Security Forces Military Working Dog teams to enhance the security at the base.
Read more about what the facility will feature ⬇️
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nzdf.mil.nz/dogs-world
