Chief of Air Force (New Zealand)
Chief of Air Force (CAF) is the most senior appointment in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, responsible to the Chief of Defence Force. The post was originally known as the Chief of the Air Staff.
Air Vice Marshal Sir Leonard Isitt, representing New Zealand, accepts the Japanese surrender on 2 September 1945
Royal New Zealand Air Force
The Royal New Zealand Air Force is the aerial service branch of the New Zealand Defence Force. It was formed initially in 1923 as a branch of the New Zealand Army, being known as the New Zealand Permanent Air Force, becoming an independent air force on 1 April 1937.
Supermarine Walrus of the RNZAF's seaplane training flight
The restored Mk IX Spitfire once flown by NZ ace Johnnie Houlton DFC. It was converted to a dual configuration in 1946.
P-51D preserved in No. 3 (Canterbury) TAF colours
Geoff Fisken