Royal New Zealand Air Force
type: Organisation
type: Agent
type: Thing
type: SocialPerson
type: Q43229
type: Q24229398
type: Q176799
type: MilitaryUnit
type: Organization
label: القوات الجوية الملكية النيوزيلندية @ar
label: Королівські військово-повітряні сили Нової Зеландії @uk
label: Força Aérea Real da Nova Zelândia @pt
label: 紐西蘭皇家空軍 @zh
label: Force aérienne royale néo-zélandaise @fr
label: Королевские военно-воздушные силы Новой Зеландии @ru
label: Angkatan Udara Selandia Baru @in
label: Real Fuerza Aérea de Nueva Zelanda @es
label: Koninklijke Nieuw-Zeelandse luchtmacht @nl
subject: Category:Military units and formations established in 1923
subject: Category:1923 establishments in New Zealand
subject: Category:New Zealand Defence Force
subject: Category:Royal New Zealand Air Force
subject: Category:Military history of New Zealand
subject: Category:Organisations based in New Zealand with royal patronage
hypernym: Component
description: exèrcit neozelandès @ca
description: novozélandské vojenské vzdušné sily @sk
description: Luftwaffe von Neuseeland @de
description: air force component of the New Zealand Defence Force
description: novozélandské letectvo @cs
description: composante aérienne des forces armées de la Nouvelle-Zélande @fr
motto: Per Ardua ad Astra
garrison: Wellington
third commander: Air vice-marshal
garrison label: Headquarters
commander3 label: Chief of Air Force (New Zealand)
identification symbol3 label: Ensign (flag)
march: Royal Air Force March Past
image size: 200
country: New Zealand
type: Air Force
aircraft transport: Boeing 757
aircraft transport: Beechcraft Super King Air
aircraft transport: Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules
access date: 2025-02-16
alternativemap: New Zealand relief map.jpg
width: 150
command structure: New Zealand Defence Force
second commander: Air marshal
commander2 label: Chief of Defence Force (New Zealand)
identification symbol2 label: Fin flash
military unit size: 2,409 active personnel
military unit size: 44 aircraft
military unit size: 463 reserve personnel
commander4 label: Deputy Chief of the Air Force
battles: * World War II * Berlin Airlift * Malayan Emergency * Indonesia–Malaysia Confrontation * Korean War * Vietnam War * Iran/Iraq War * Gulf War * Somalia * Rwanda * East Timor * War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
aircraft patrol: Boeing P-8 Poseidon
commander1 label: Commander-in-chief
anniversaries: 1937-04-01
identification symbol: 80px80px
identification symbol: 80px
identification symbol: 164px
anniversary: 1937-04-01
identification symbol: 80
identification symbol: 164
identification symbol label: Military aircraft insignia
unit name: Royal New Zealand Air Force
size: 44
size: 463
size: 2409
fourth commander: Air commodore
caption: RNZAF Air Bases
caption: Badge of the Royal New Zealand Air Force
wordnet type: synset-unit-noun-3
aircraft helicopter: AgustaWestland AW109
aircraft helicopter: Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite
aircraft helicopter: NHIndustries NH90
battle: East Timor