A Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 from No. 5 Squadron has returned home to RNZAF Base Auckland on Dec. 8 after spending 16-month in the Middle East.
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Photos: Royal New Zealand Air Force
The mission, against piracy and the trafficking of people and drugs, was the longest ever undertaken by No.5 Squadron.
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