Exercise Kiwi Flag provides Pacific partners platform to enhance aerial deliveries [Image 16 of 30]

OHAKEA, NEW ZEALAND

11.14.2013

Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Denise Johnson 

Pacific Air Forces

(Foreground) Service members from New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and the United States make their way to all-terrain vehicles to begin recovery of the cargo which landed just east of the drop zone during Exercise Kiwi Flag Nov. 14 at the New Zealand Defence Force Raumi Drop Zone near Ohakea, New Zealand. The cargo's main parachute billows in the wind over the sand dunes (right) as the pallet settles to the ground. The drop platform, a Republic of Singapore Armed Forces C-130 Hercules, heads away from the drop zone as ground personnel begin recovery operations in the rolling terrain nestled between a pine forest and the coastline. The group is participating in a subject-matter-expert exchange to enhance interoperability in combined air-drop operations. Kiwi Flag is a multilateral Royal New Zealand Air Force-sponsored tactical airlift exercise comprising air assets from the U.S. Air Force, RNZAF, Royal Australian Air Force, RSAF and French Armed Forces of New Caledonia. 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. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Denise Johnson/Released)

• Date Taken: 11.14.2013
• Date Posted: 11.22.2013 19:45
• Photo ID: 1059033
• VIRIN: 131114-F-FB147-714
• Resolution: 2928x1932
• Size: 821.17 KB
• Location: OHAKEA, NZ