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Tonga disaster Tales from Firefighting an #244
response Antarctica unseen fire
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MAR22
Reaching the
summit of
mountain flying
Contents
04 18 News Regulars
22 03
Reaching the peak of Flying high through a Tales from Antarctica First Word
mountain flying land mission 28 22
Information Warfare Unit #FacesofyourForce
29 28
08 Literature Our Heritage
Disaster in Tonga 33
Notices
10 34
In the aftermath Photo of the month
12
Ash-covered paradise
14
An image of destruction
15
A deployment with a
difference 20 OUR MISSION Published by
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16 Feeling the heat in the with relevant, responsive and effective HQ NZ Defence Force
A surreal landscape Northland fires Air Power to meet its security interests. Wellington, New Zealand
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FIRST WORD |
First
Word
hile the world seems to be We have been relying on space systems
slowing down under the strain for decades; communications, position,
Wof challenges stemming from timing, navigation and observation.
the Covid pandemic, one area that is These heritage space capabilities are
bucking the trend and accelerating at now so seamless and reliable that we
an unprecedented rate is human activity are often oblivious to this reliance in our
in space. day-to-day lives and indeed how they
Last year saw 134 successful launches enable our NZDF outputs. However, the
into space making it the busiest year on accessibility of space denial capabilities
record, even outpacing the peak of the makes this reliance a vulnerability to all
Cold War era ‘Space Race’. of our services. Protecting ourselves and
our people from these threats through
The etablishment of space tourism has technology and strong training and
allowed anyone to become an amateur procedures is key to ensuring we achieve
astronaut, the most qualified of whom is our mission.
probably Captain James Kirk (aka William Emerging capabilities in the space
Shatner) who actually ventured into ‘the domain are altering the way we achieve
final frontier’ late last year. existing tasks and creating opportunities
While the space industry has been to achieve new outcomes. These new
blasting off around us, the NZDF has capabilities are changing what is being
been invigorating our space ambitions produced in, through and from space, but
B AIR COMMODORE and activities. The RNZAF Space also who is doing so. Space is no longer
Y SHAUN SEXTON Program was created to integrate Space the playground of big militaries with an
Domain Awareness (SDA) and Space incomprehensible set of technological
capability into the NZDF. The Space and financial resources. Nations like
Program is educating the force, growing New Zealand , and thus the NZDF, have
space subject matter experts, enabling an important role to play.
“Not only is the and integrating space systems, building Operational integration of space effects
satellite payloads with the Defence is one way the NZDF can add value to the
volume of traffic in Technology Agency for launch by partner warfighter. Using emerging capabilities in
space increasing agencies, and collaboratively developing the space domain to achieve our mission
doctrine and policy for space in the in a better, faster and more financially
rapidly, the range NZDF. The programme is actively building efficient way is the goal of our Space
relationships and networks between Program in the near term. As the NZDF
and variety of NZDF units and agencies, foreign develops our own space capabilities
activity is regularly militaries, and government, academic, and that are integrated with ‘NZ Inc’ space
redefining the commercial elements in the space sector. endeavours, we are playing our part
to make New Zealand a secure and
boundary between prosperous space-faring nation.
science fiction and
‘normal’.”
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Reaching the peak of
mountain flying
WORDS PHOTOGRAPHY
REBECCA QUILLIAM CORPORAL SEAN SPIVEY
The Southern Alps hummed with the sound of No. 3 Squadron’s
helicopters recently as the NH90s and A109s practised mountain
flying. The Covid pandemic has disrupted the exercise over the
past couple of years, but a tightly controlled health plan meant the
training could get back on track.
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