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Click to read items published by various news sources 

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

Ice Milestone & other articles Airforce News Feb 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

CSS briefing paper:  11 December 2000

Family safe as boat limps to port  17 April 2000

Orion helps rescue trio in liferaft 24 February 1999