RNZAF.

• Manager433

  22 Oct 05, 20:47

  A4 flying over National STadium in 2001.
  
  
• tankee1981

  22 Oct 05, 21:02

  They have since retired these planes and NZAF do not have any fighter elements from then on. They do this due to the fact that they do not forsee any kind of direct threat to their country.
• Obersturmfuhrer

  22 Oct 05, 21:10

  What about that plan to lease some F-16s? Did that fall thru?
• sbst275

  22 Oct 05, 21:12

  Originally posted by tankee1981:

  They have since retired these planes and NZAF do not have any fighter elements from then on. They do this due to the fact that they do not forsee any kind of direct threat to their country.

  They want peace I guess
• Manager433

  22 Oct 05, 21:13

  Originally posted by Obersturmfuhrer:

  What about that plan to lease some F-16s? Did that fall thru?

  abandon liao. RNZAF onli have a couple of C130.
• Manager433

  22 Oct 05, 21:25

  
  
  And this is how they ended up....
• tankee1981

  23 Oct 05, 13:00

  I think this measure lack forsight. Yes, i agree that NZ does not face any conventional threat from its neighbours (UK and Australia are traditional allies of NZ and will almost definitely come to its aid should there be war) However, we are living in a world of even greater uncertainty after September 11. We need to be prepared for all kinds of contingencies,conventional or unconventional threats. Recently there is is man who just discharged from a mental institution wanted to crash a light plane into a famous landmark tower in Auckland but ended up crashing in the sea instead. One can only guess what are the consequences should the plane is slightly bigger and faster like a business jet, loaded with high explosives and piloted by a determined suicide terrorist.
• SMAPLionHeart

  23 Oct 05, 18:26

  new zealand is one of the safest place in the war to escape a war
  
• SMAPLionHeart

  23 Oct 05, 18:27

  as refugee at least no need to eat sweet potato , got kiwi
• rascallyun

  23 Oct 05, 18:44

  Can hide out at Helms Deep also. lol
• lionnoisy

  23 Oct 05, 19:42

  
  can see now
• insouciant

  24 Oct 05, 13:37

  Aiyah, they feel that they are too far for any strike aircraft to reach them.
  
  And if an enemy is to reach them via aircraft carrier... have to get thru Australia's F/A18s and F111s.
  
  But at the end of the day I agree they short sighted. Although stingy is probably more like it. 9/11 should have proved that you need to have a standing air force of some sort to patrol your airspace.