Royal New Zealand Air Force Wing Commander Richard Beaton, Wing Operations Center director for Exercise Kiwi Flag briefs newly-arrived United States Airmen at RNZAF Base Ohakea, New Zealand, Nov. 12. The 26 Air Force personnel deployed to the 517th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron on a C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, to conduct flying operations using the heavy-airlift platform. The new arrivals joined more than 40 airmen who deployed from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Nov. 5. Kiwi Flag personnel are supporting Exercise Southern Katipo - held on New Zealand’s South Island - by managing air operations and providing cargo and passenger airlift including tactical air drops to SK participants. SK hosts nine countries involved in air, land and maritime operations. Exercise Kiwi Flag runs through Nov. 29. Shea is deployed from JBER where he is assigned as the 517th Airlift Squadron director of operations. He hails from Winthrop Harbor, Ill. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Denise Johnson/Released)
| Date Taken: | 11.12.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 11.15.2013 07:47 |
| Photo ID: | 1052754 |
| VIRIN: | 131112-F-FB147-126 |
| Resolution: | 3216x2136 |
| Size: | 881.14 KB |
| Location: | ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AFB OHAKEA, NZ |
| Hometown: | WINTHROP HARBOR, ILLINOIS, US |
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