14 Dec 2022

First of four new Air Force planes arrives in NZ

From Morning Report, 8:25 am on 14 December 2022

The first of four new air force planes, which together cost $2.3 billion, has touched down in New Zealand.

The Boeing P8-A Poseidon arrived to a welcome ceremony at Ohakea air force base in Manawatū yesterday. 

The ageing fleet of P3 Orions they're replacing is going out of service quicker than expected, as Jimmy Ellingham reports.