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An album of memories: ‘Kiwi’ Beamish DSC

Our latest personal photo album features striking images belonging to fighter pilot Harold ‘Kiwi’ Beamish.

How to research your family history online

The right people at the right time: The RNZAF mission to Rwanda in 1994

Queen’s Colour retires to the Air Force Museum

International incident: The Orion and the Rainbow Warrior bombing

Sergeant James Allen Ward VC – fearless wing walker

Rumble in the jungle: The RNZAF in the Malayan Emergency

D-Day Stories – Edward ‘Ned’ Hitchcock

Radar specialist Ned Hitchock never imagined he would end up part of the largest invasion in history.

Special gift to mark Canadian centenary

A small piece of Aotearoa New Zealand is winging its way to Canada to commemorate the 7,000 Kiwis who trained with our Commonwealth cousins during World War Two.

Instruments of harmony and defence: The RNZAF Band at war 

New Zealanders took to the skies once again upon the outbreak of World War Two, but what of the musicians of the Royal New Zealand Air Force? From playing in the heat of the Pacific to wielding machine guns, read on to discover the story of the RNZAF Band at war.