Orion
sent to Fiji May 2021
Third
deployment against North Korea successful Dec2020
Search
for missing catamaran Jun 2020
Whenuapai
Airport Future Oct 2019
Yacht
sinks north of Cape Brett Oct 2019
Whenuapai
Airport 6 September 2019
RNZAF
Orion crew mail drop Raoul
Plan
to procure Poseidon patrol aircraft
Missing fishermen found 20 Mar
2018
Defence
Force finds seven people in search for missing ferry
Fifty
missing on ferry near Kiribati Atoll for over a week
New
Zealand Air Force Orion in search for three people missing off Kiribati
New
Zealand Air Force helps find 400kg of heroin hidden on ships
Airforce
P3 Orion has found the man – believed to be a missing fisherman.
Solo
yachtsman found in stormy seas of Chatham Islands
Defence
Force assists six men on stricken vessel
New
Zealand Defence Force help search for fishermen missing off Kiribati
Missing
fishermen off Kiribati found alive after more than a week at sea
Sunderland
Veterans Rolling Back The years
Look
inside A Short Sunderland Flying Boat
Emergency services
called to Whenuapai Airbase 21 Sept 2016
Exciting
Adventure at World's Biggest Maritime Exercise 8 August 2016
From
Waipukurau to Hawaii 2 August 2016
Piracy-tackling
role rewarded 25 July 2016
Trainee
Crew Get Valuable Experience 01 June 2016
Hurricane
relief To Fiji 21 Feb 2016
US snaps up kiwi military technology
10 June 2015
Return to celestial
navigation amid fears of computer hack 18
Oct 2015
Orions
Successful in Pacific Search and Rescue Missions
Orion arrives home
from Middle East Deployment 18 Feb 2015
Air
Force flies first Fijian patrol 31 Jan 2015
Te
Atatu man back after hunting pirates 20 Nov 2014
NZ
air crew help seize tonnes of hashish off Somalian coast 6 Oct 2014
NZ
search leader vows Kiwis will spot missing plane if it's floating out
there and in our area 22 Mar 2014
Upgraded
orion in search for missing plane 21 Mar 2014
Missing plane 11 Mar 2014
Chinese warships have
sent dark new clouds scudding over Australia's strategic horizon 15
Feb 2014
US
resume bilateral military ties after nearly 30 years 29 Oct
2013
High tech planes fight crime
17 Jan 2013
Eight
fishermen missing off coast of Samoa 16 Dec 2012
Rescue Orion lands in Antartica
14, 20 Sept 2010
RNZAF rescues men off
Niue after capsize 2Aug 2010
Pressure on planes 6 Jul 2010
Missing yacht Tafadzwa
seen drifting near Chathams 28 Mar 2010
RNZAF Orions' flying
hours among world's highest 16 Jan 2010
Damaged rudder ends
solo sail attempt Nov 24, 2009
RNZAF crew find
missing fishermen 12 Aug 2009
A RNZAF
Orion has been dispatched to the area where the ferry sank. Fears
no women or children survived ferry sinking 06 Aug 2009
Orion
joins search for missing vessel
10 Aug, 2009
New Zealand plays
major role in Tongan ferry rescue Aug 7 2009
RNZAF
on Kiribati search mission 17Jul 2009
RNZAF plane
hit by lightning Jun 12, 2009
Air Force Orion
returns to assist distressed yacht Apr
21, 2009
Orion leads hunt for kids
Tuesday 30 December 2008
Illegal trawler
spotted in Southern Ocean 19 December 2008
Search on
for missing fishermen 20 Nov 2008
RNZAF called to Antarctica to help US Air Force
30 October 2008
NZ Air Force on a
fisheries mission to Samoa 12 March, 2008
Air Force signs
software contract for Orions 04 March 2008
Scott Base mourns Sir Edmund
Hillary 11 January 2008
Missing
sailing ship found 06
December 2007
NZ Orion
finds missing Tongan fisherman 04 December 2007
NZ crew finds fishing
boat adrift near Tonga 25 October 2007
Crash training for
bargain price October 04, 2007
Air NZ unit secures
defence aerospace contract August 27, 2007
Orion
spots fishing boat in trouble 01
August 2007
Air force helps rescue sailors in Pacific
21 May 2007
Fishermen
rescued after abandoning vessel 07
March2007
Wreckage of missing yacht found
26 February 2007
NZ
Government tapes whale slaughter
27 January 2007
Cook Islands grateful for help on illegal fishing
07 December 2006
NZ
couple rescued after yacht hits rocks off Tonga
18 July 2006
NZ Orion crew saves four from shark-infested seas 10
June 2006
Distress
beacon found on moored fishing boat
26 May 2006
Change of heart on NZ-US military ties
28 April 2006
RNZAF
on standby after hoax mayday 24 March
2006
Orion
stripped for Upgrade 21 March 2006
P3
Systems Upgrade Airforce News March 2006
RNZAF
Orion Lands in Antartica 17 January 2006,
Bodies
found drifting in liferaft 20 December 2005
Yacht couple saved
12 October 2005
Daybreak bid
to rescue yacht crew 10 October 2005
US
allows NZ to join military exercise 17 August 2005
Air
search to continue for missing yachties
16 July 2005
Search
begins for missing trimaran 15 July
2005
Lost
yacht found 1700km off course 27.June 2005
24-hour
sea vigil proves a lifesaver 18
June 2005
Yachtie
stitched up injured husband in sea drama 16 June
2005
$352m
upgrade stretches Orion ground staff 16 June2005
Skippers
pull off high-sea rescues 15 June 2005
Crew of
two yachts rescued 14 June 2005
Beacon
saves lone yachtsman on atoll 07 June 2005
Air
Force Orion finds distressed fishing boat 19 May
2005
Battered
boats found by Orion 25 April 2005
Air
Force Orion locates missing fishing boat 01
March 2005
RNZAF
locates missing Samoan fishing boat 17 February
2005
Orion
finds Fiji castaways 14 December 2004
Textbook
rescue off cape 28 October 2004
Overdue
fishing boat located 22 September 2004
Air
Force swoops on pirate fishing boat 27 August
2004
Fisherman's body found
tied to locator beacon 17 August 2004
Orion
surveys Vanuatu after Cyclone Ivy 28 February
2004
Last
Orion returning from Middle East terrorist patrol
23 February 2004
NZ
Air Force patrol saves starving fishermen 29
January 2004
Ageing
Orions just keep flying 27 January 2004
Orion
patrol fingers possible al Qaeda drug boats 22
December 2003
NZ
Air Force crew get hero status in Samoa 09
December 2003
Air
Force crew find youths lost at sea 06 October
2003
Swallowed by
the sea 16 August 2003
Air
Force Orion spots lucky 13 after three weeks at sea
01 August 2003
RNZAF
Orion spots boat adrift off remote Tongan island
27 July 2003
Orion
crew cool down after Gulf mission 23 July 2003
Orion
finds boat after beacon activated 28 June 2003
Air
Force finds missing fishermen 16 May 2003
Defence
minister farewells Orion crew 11 May 2003
Southern
Ocean surveillance flights begin 17 January 2003
To
the moon and back X 100 Dec
2002 (RSA REVIEW news article)
Breakdowns
plague NZ's ageing Orions 04 December 2002
Orion
finds drifting fishing boat 28 May 2002
Air
Force Orion finds missing boat off Samoa 26
April 2002
Orion
finds Fijian after six days adrift 14 February
2002
Airforce
Orion arrives to assess damage in Tonga 02
January 2002
Air
Force Orion makes mercy flight to Niue 03
December 2001
Orions
find missing fishing boat 17 October 2001
RNZAF
to rescue Prime Minister 14 September 2001
Orion
joins missing fishing boat search 25 May 2001
Sub-hunters say PM
out of her depth over claims 15 March 2001
Orion
finds sneaky Aussie sub 14 March 2001
NZ
Orions probe among icebergs for fish pirates 08
February 2001
Air
Force bringing injured girls home 08 January
2001
Family safe as boat limps to port
17 April 2000
Orion
helps rescue trio in liferaft 24 February 1999
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