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RNZAF flies night mission to Antarctica for medical evacuations

Air Force also takes part in Guam exercise to test medvac skills.

RNZAF C-130J Hercules flew a 19.5-hour medical evacuation in darkness to Antarctica. NZDF photo.

Nevil Gibson Sat, 09 Aug 2025

It may not count in reducing New Zealand’s new tariff imposts on exports to the United States, but the Trump country’s embassy has praised a team from the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) for an emergency medical evacuation from Antarctica in the middle of winter.

The operation to evacuate

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Nevil Gibson Sat, 09 Aug 2025
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