List of active New Zealand military aircraft

A P-3K Orion flies over during Whenuapai Open Day 2005

List of active New Zealand military aircraft is a list of military aircraft currently in service with the Armed Forces of New Zealand. For aircraft no longer in service see List of aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force and Royal New Zealand Navy.

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Variant	In service	Notes
Maritime Patrol
Lockheed P-3 Orion	USA	ASW / maritime patrol	P-3K	6^[1]
Transport
Boeing 757	USA	Transport		2^[1]
Lockheed C-130 Hercules	USA	transport	C-130H	5^[1]
Helicopters
AW109	Italy	light utility		5^[1]
SH-2G Super Seasprite	USA	ASW / maritime patrol		2^[1]	8 on order
NH90	France/Italy	utility / transport		8^[2]	9th airframe also delivered as a source of spare parts^[3]
Trainer Aircraft
Super King Air	USA	trainer	200	4^[1]	multi-engine
T-6 Texan II	USA	trainer	T-6C	7^[1]	4 on order

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Variant	In service	Notes
de Havilland Tiger Moth	United Kingdom	basic trainer		1

An AW109, lifts off from RNZAF Base Ohakea

Some notable combat aircraft that were operated by the air force consisted of the de Havilland Vampire, BAC Strikemaster, A-4G/TA-4G Skyhawk and the CT-4 Airtrainer. Transport aircraft were the Bristol Type 170, C-47 Dakota, Boeing 727, and the Short Sunderland amphibious aircraft. Helicopters consisted of the Westland Wasp, Bell 47G and the Bell UH-1^[4]^[5]^[6]

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "World Air Forces 2015 pg. 24". Flightglobal Insight. 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
↑ "The NH90 Helicopter". Royal New Zealand Air Force. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
↑ Jennings, Gareth (30 October 2014). "New Zealand receives final NH90 helo". IHS Jane's 360. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
↑ "World Air Forces 1987 pg. 74". flightglobal.com. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
↑ "World Air Forces 1955 pg. 651". flightglobal.com. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
↑ "RNZAF Huey embarks on final domestic tour". flightglobal.com. Retrieved 9 June 2015.

By name

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By characteristic

Type	Aerobatic Bush planes Flying wings Gliders Human-powered Prone-pilot Rocket-powered Seaplanes and amphibious aircraft STOL Supersonic Trimotors Triplanes Unmanned VTOL

Fuselage	Double-deck Narrow-body Wide-body

Weight Size	Maximum takeoff weight Light aircraft VLJs Large aircraft

Manufacturer	Airbus Antonov Boeing Bombardier Douglas / McDonnell Douglas Embraer Ilyushin Tupolev

Engine number	Trijets Trimotors Twinjets

Range	Jet airliners Regional airliners

Use	Light transport Racers Regional airliner regional jet

Research	Early flying machines Experimental X-planes

Rotor-powered	Rotorcraft utility Tiltrotors

Executive Private	Business jets Light-sport aircraft Roadable aircraft

Other lists

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