Skyhawks at RNZAF Air Base Ohakea New Zealand 1998.mpg

RNZAF Skyhawks based at Ohakea Air Base North Island New Zealand attending Matakiri Exercises in 1998. New Zealands Strike Force was disbanded in 2001 with the Skyhawks put up for sale. At this time, January 2011, no buyers have been found and the aircraft will end up in Museums with some scrapped.

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[Skippy585]

@Antifaith29 well not really.

If they had a Navy like the US or simular in fire power wouldn't have to worry about an invasion right. well they don't and will more than never have that luxury. But I don't see NZ being overran by the Chines red army.

[Skippy585]

@SanAndreasVagos

HAHAH we never learn from lessons in the past mate. Just think, we the people of United States seemed to have forgotten that liberal progressives always love selling out there country.

[Skippy585]

@airasiax

Well I think the Phantom is still a reliable platform even today. Although it was really built to be a Naval attach bomber (just like the A4) it to serve in the USAF for decades before being replaced by the F-15E.

[airasiax]

@Skippy585 no

[Skippy585]

Did New Zealand ever have the phantom in service?

[ginjaninja1988]

are so poor and continually pour our money into welfare. We need to fix our economy, cut red tape, allow mining, industry, development and divsersification to create jobs in a competitive marketplace. Then we can cut back on the crippling welfare bill as Kiwis take up meaningful jobs....only then will be able to afford to defend ourselves once again. Its a bit more complex than just buying new fighter aircraft. But just my 2 cents..I think the Swedish Saab JAS 39N Gripen would be worth a look.

[ginjaninja1988]

We will end up reactivating the Air Combat Wing at some point in the future; the world is an unstable place and it is getting worse. The time may come when for the sake of our Pacific Neighbours or Australia we find ourselves in a fight that will be of a Naval nature and we will require air support. With environmental issues places like NZ could easily become targets in the future due to our ability to grow food and resources. The reason we have such a diminshed Defense capability is because we

[dmmmac2]

should have kept these.

[SanAndreasVagos]

@Antifaith29 BRO! - We is a small country and i agree the NZDF are not exactly a world military superpower but if you look at our role in world conflicts you will see that we have lost more men in combat per capita in combat than america. again yes we are a small armed force but we are more than willing to play our part (especially with cmdr cuckobananas AKA John Key as Prime Minister)

[kiwiboy1]

What strategic importance would New Zealand pose? Well if you are looking at invading Antartica sure i could see New Zealand as being important but that would be as far as it goes. If New Zealand was to be invaded or taken over, I'm sorry to tell you, but the rest of the world would have turned to shit and there would be no point in resisting anyways!