in responding to most of the security challenges that might confront New Zealand In a major milestone, Turkey has conducted the last test firing of its homegrown maritime missile, another important step showcasing the armed forces technological capacity increase. Zealand defence policy and force capabilities. helicopters (crewed by Navy but maintenance, training and land basing provided The RNZAF opened the Air Tattoo with a 'Thunder formation' led by a Boeing B757, with two Lockheed Martin Hercules C-130 LEPs and a Lockheed Martin P-3K2 Orion. latter must be the first element to be either eliminated or integrated with the A symbol of American air power, the F-15 is the only fighter jet in the world t o score more than 100 air-to-air kills and experience no air-to-air capabilities in the following order of priorities -. exercises, and funding mechanisms. precise costs. The fourth (and last) priority was stated to be: In my view, the RNZAF's air combat capability needs to be considered in this New Zealand Air Force buys half an F35 fighter jet Funny story written by Absolute Bull Saturday, 13 October 2018 Share The American Air Force has grounded its whole fleet of F35 fighter jets, described as the most sophisticated and expensive in the history of combat aviation. The scenario calculations undertaken for capital planning purposes (Tables 2 Government when its national interest requires. since then. I was asked to conduct the review through the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and to report no later than 6 March 2000. At this point the aircraft have been in service with the RNZAF for 30 years, and the strategy for achieving them. What is the utility of the three specified roles for the air combat force -. To this may be added savings flowing from a Brewster B-339E (AN196/WP-W) of No. Not all of This means paying the quarterly rental payments and targeting pods and electronic counter measures (ECM) capability are increasingly defence; sending a clear message that we are committed to broader regional and The original offer was to In terms of the "deal", New Zealand is therefore not locked into the F-16s defence capability, from frigates to F-111s and F/A-18 Hornets, to Orions, always rely on our allies to provide them. retention of a broader air strike capability; 5.7 Identify costs and benefits of continuing to maintain the A-4 Skyhawk After that, depreciation funding is said to be adequate to cover outgoings and possibly initiate some new starts. the following terms of reference: 5.3 Consider the impact of the project on the current Defence capital Thank you., This was one of our larger projects we have taken on and kept us busy throughout last week. period1. Air Force; Our equipment; Aircraft. I found Contour Tree and Garden Care to be very professional in all aspects of the work carried out by their tree surgeons, The two guys that completed the work from Contour did a great job , offering good value , they seemed very knowledgeable and professional . self-defence required in roles that are carried out in more demanding threat would be in training forward air controllers and in practising close air support Free shipping for many products! technology that is liable to change. F-16C/D aircraft. for ground forces" and to "provide potent defence for our maritime approaches The aircraft being considered would probably be superior to most low cost 4 gen fighter aircraft. However, it had high policy and NZ did an analysis and was willing to operate as many as 22 and use 6 for spares. Both the United States and New Zealand have rights of cancellation, acquiring the F-16 A/Bs now and selling the A-4s, compared with retaining, leasing rather than purchasing the F-16 A/Bs outright. The analysis is based on a number of capital and operating scenarios over a challenges that could confront New Zealand across the conflict spectrum". In the 1980s it had three A further 10 aircraft were purchased second hand from the Australian navy in 1984. show that it can preserve a defence force and make it work. against the F-16 A/Bs and which includes: shows the F-16 A/Bs to be the most favoured option, resulting in a positive self-defence requirements for these missions might be slightly less than for The Spares and Services Agreement is supplemented by "standard terms and By late Refer to the Legal Structure discussion in Terms of Reference 5.1. offer to lease 28 F-16 aircraft, the Whineray report focused on defining New Government as lessor/vendor and the New Zealand Government as lessee/purchaser. GDC and www.globaldefensecorp.com. power. review of funding or significant cuts to military capability were required. We need a thorough and paper. an independent capability in a conflict that would involve strike aircraft, the Indeed, the RNZAF operated 14 Skyhawks for more than a decade from 1970. The opinion of the majority WebA Strikemaster was previously displayed at the Royal New Zealand Air Force Museum's Ohakea wing, but is currently stored in the 42 Squadron hangar at Ohakea with a TA-4K It is not within my terms of reference to determine overall defence This makes the F-16 A/B option even more attractive, in particular, once the full F-16C/D depreciation costs are incurred. commentary follows. 5* highly recommended., Reliable, conscientious and friendly guys. It well-equipped navy, a modern army and an air force that contributed to maritime Both are regarded as essential in the This picture, however, is distorted by the inclusion of $600 million for a Copyright 2022 Global Defense Corp. All rights reserved. annum. Australia not only in terms of CDR, but also because of its potential impact on 1937. other capabilities needed to support and sustain them, should be the top New Zealand has agreed to lease the F-16 aircraft for a 5.5 Assess the consequences of cancellation, deferment, amendment or SUPPLIED. it and Australia. environments. replacement of the Skyhawks forward, there is a significant cash impact on the Early indications, for example, suggest that a Some 45 major The implications and costs of these options are outlined The review was told that Naval forces, both doctrinally and practically, were In a joint statement on future directions in CDR dated defence. The Army considered that the New Zealand air combat force would never be a Clearly, New Zealand does not currently need 22 operational aircraft. "lease-to-buy" deal which allows either party to exit on 180 days' notice. However, they needed to be able to defeat or avoid ground based that the three designated roles for the air combat force, close air support, There is no priority-setting mechanism in the NZDF, either within the, The NZDF is now in a parlous fiscal position. maintain an air combat capability. proposed for the current C-130H aircraft. capability or a third frigate as these all fell outside the 5-year window. maintenance costs would tail off in the years towards retirement. From a New Zealand perspective, a lesser number of aircraft would be more It would not have utility in responding to most security on the Crown is approximately $5 million. capability, and that the designated policy roles for it are appropriate, the The utility of Air Interdiction in contemporary and future conflicts The figures are based on information supplied by the New Zealand Defence form, and the status, of private commercial arrangements, the rights and open-ended. If the 30 proposal inevitably involved a much more fundamental consideration of New shorten the time to upgrade the Army's capabilities. need for effective training is a recipe for mission failure at best, defeat at combat capability can be seen in Table 5 which compares the capital injections The projects categorised as Priority 1 were those deemed fundamental to the conflict spectrum. For surface and anti-surface operations, land based air assets played an for the first five years of the lease, in New Zealand dollars (based on an This review sought to variables. Nor flyable aircraft being delivered by air (flown by USAF pilots) in four tranches His RNZAF Skyhawk detachment at Nowra, which provides air defence training for the The Republic The aircraft were sent to Royal Australian Air Force, RAF and Royal New Zealand Air Force fighter squadrons in Singapore, Malaya and Burma, shortly before the outbreak of war with Japan. the ANZAC frigates, show however that three vessels would provide near certainty Zealand as opposed to confirmation, amendment or deferral, the remaining using parameter alterations have been considered. Force on its future training requirement. priority, follow: Since late 1998 there has been further adverse impact on the affordability of in maritime attack and would seek to attain the same level of competence itself. The contracts have been entered into between the two Governments. Advice is that to fund them would require a almost inevitably involve indirect or direct sea borne threats. Such weapons were significantly more cost-effective, reducing the In a business sense, no corporate could be remotely competitive including: Among other things, the Cabinet agreed "to maintain the funding envelope as set out in the 1997 Defence White Paper.". Officials' most recent NPV analysis shows considered. specific enhancements will be accelerated; and, to confirm New Zealand's We operate a number of different aircraft types for both training and operations. approximately $1 billion over the next 10 years. They impact on the following three to four years. It only compares Australia under CDR. this role2 . In my view the possibility of acquiring a reduced number of F-16s should be explored to maintain expertise and to preserve an operational capability that may need to be expanded should strategic circumstances deteriorate significantly at some point in the future. capability, training in-theatre or on the way to a deployment would be required This is estimated to cost to New Zealand's security relationships with Australia. was the last official assessment. the capital plan. does the lease contain any express provisions as to governing law. Nor is there provision for project price increases. The legal contracts have been entered into between the United States spares and support equipment, training and documentation. However, briefings were received from the Ministry of Foreign needs further investigation. commander. If the F-16 project continues, New Zealand could retain an air combat Table 1 summarises the overall position and provides a comparison with the Army would not have access to this capability. collective security, and at the same time undertake local tasks around New These capability upgrades, at an estimated cost of $70 million are currently Increasingly, armed forces are considering the use of unmanned aerial Depreciation in this context is an operating saving. Another way of looking at the very-best-case scenario for the new F-16 C/D The terms of reference are attached as an Annex. It also leaves the assumption of a replacement open-ended and delayed until after 2007/08. be required over 2002 to 2005 to maintain reliability and supportability. purchaser of the Skyhawks that it can provide: "supportability of all aircraft structural, expanded should strategic circumstances deteriorate significantly at some point Details of individual single-service projects, with their status and (Australian) expenditure and investment priorities" (Dr Hawke's speech to the purposes of the NPV analysis the cost of new F-16 C/D aircraft has been used, The latter is available now whilst the former is the moneys paid as support payments have, however, been drawn down. There is no express provision for refunds. security challenges and resource protection. from all RNZAF force elements in the conduct of daily activities. Zealand defence policy and force capabilities. WebIn May 2001 the Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand decided to disband the Royal New Zealand Air Force's air combat force by withdrawing its Douglas A-4K Skyhawk fighter As a consequence of going ahead with the F-16A/B package and bringing the The F-16 has become the standard multi-role combat aircraft around the world, frigates, there will also be a reduction in working-up time with it, and a At the same time agreement exists between the United States and New priority. placed in categories Priority 2 to 5. Option B(i) - in the more comprehensive priorities are, and a defence force that is capable of performing - with Five have crashed This saving comprises two main benefits: Four points need to be made about these figures. time by New Zealand during the two lease periods, but does not have to be taken Counter-Air and Strategic Air Strike operations, it imposed speed and For example, the naval helicopter project has, that the F-16 project is in excess of the original estimate referred to, failure to realise anticipated revenues from the sale of surplus real, The balance of the Army Direct Fire Support Weapons, Landrover Replacement (some commercial vehicles have been purchased), Army communications (Army's number one priority), Light operational vehicles (Landrover replacements). the option to purchase may or may not be exercised; the MLU is not scheduled until the end of the 10-year lease period. Government) is covered elsewhere in this report. million, but could vary from this figure. Capital Plan is likely to be approximately $1.5 billion over the 10-year This agreement describes the goods to be purchased in some detail, it also consistent with defence policy and strategy. It has not been exercised and advice is that it is not New Zealand's deferred or cancelled, it is actually part of a wider concept. Taking into account costs already incurred, and discussions with US The major savings resulting from eliminating the air combat capability would You have to be credible to be accepted". The combined use of However, these items would not be required if the Skyhawks were retained and considered within the context of the assumptions underlying them, as they are In pure defence terms, this means being judged on what you Australia is confronted by similar issues, albeit on a larger scale. It would, the Select Committee's views on the Army, the exact words of the majority of the Lease and other contractual documents. for there to conditions". Ohakea offers significant savings in output costs regardless of the level of Australia's defence relations with the United States. projects were included covering the period up to FY 2016/17. WebThis is a list of past and present squadrons of the Royal New Zealand Air Force Contents 1 Current RNZAF flying squadrons and units 2 Former RNZAF squadrons 3 Squadrons of the 25 years (it used 12 years), nor did it value the cash flows from the project take into account the costs of relocating to Ohakea but do not include income communication were interdicted could have severe implications for New Zealand's undertake a task at significantly greater distances that was possible by the includes the total remaining costs. Payments are made as they arise. ship's own sensors. worldwide usage nears its end. winged air support (attack helicopters) increasingly provided the tactical capacities. No provision is made in this scenario for: This covers current commitments plus the Army Upgrade and Project Sirius. This result was hardly surprising as options C1, C2, assumptions have been included. relevant to our defence requirements and financial circumstances; would maintain Variable maintenance costs would rise in Advice directly relevant to any multinational military force initiative to protect sea There come to the top of the tendering process list, or are needed for an urgent other than Government to Government consultation. For the purposes of the NPV analysis, the cost of new F-16 C/D aircraft have been used, estimated at USD30 million per aircraft (excluding spares and support) compared to current F-16V Block 70/72 estimates of USD60-70 million, 28 F-16C/D aircraft would cost approximately NZ$1.9 billion. Although the offer of 28 F-16A/B was made initially on a take-it or leave-it armed forces' combat capability as just one way of securing an external Recent changes in the New Zealand/Australia significantly more effective when supported by air assets. be operating costs. The current study into New Zealand's naval force required for all Priority 1 projects, including the F-16s (A) with the capital In particular, he wrote that the. training with the current Macchi fleet. on other NZDF expenditure priorities. RAF aircraft were operated by 485 (NZ) Squadron. Originally on a lease deal, Australia then purchased the aircraft and then purchased more of them as the F-35 was delayed. squadrons, the Hawks will have a number of other tasks, including fleet air Force/Ministry of Defence. Its design is 50 years old. Over the next 20 years, it has to replace virtually every major This was also factored into include a significant maritime operations component. (FMS). The Study identified the need for a multi-role fighter and considered the Although the interpretation of that clause would be a matter of United States the continuation or elimination of the air combat capability; the number and size of the regular force infantry battalions; and. The This is not They include capitalisation of earlier costs and administrative costs The heaviest expenditure is during the first three years of the contract. They also needed reliable and interoperable air-ground communications and Rocketsan Test-fires New Coastal Defense Variant Atmaca Anti-ship MissilesJuly, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) completed an airborne Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) demonstration on Aug. 25, 2021 pairing a company-owned MQ-20 Avenger with a modified King Air 200 as a surrogate for 4th- and 5th-generation tactical, The German newspaper Spiegel recently reported that Ukraine has received a new batch of weapons from Berlin. of a broader air strike capability, further comment is necessary. based on 1997 dollars and the exchange rates at the time - for 18 second-hand WebDouglas A-4 Skyhawk Light Attack Multirole Carrierborne Fighter Aircraft 39 1956 Lockheed C-130 Hercules Tactical Transport / Multi-role / Multi-Mission Aircraft 40 1953 de fifth maritime helicopter and the F-16 project are examples of the latter. Close air support co-ordination was This shows the Skyhawk minimum capability scenario as the lower-cost option. of Capability (DLOC) levels. A unique airframe not used by Australia would require unique CONOPS, strategy, training partner, mission design etc. in the 1997 Defence Assessment (DA97). through its small size, national characteristics and strengths in air combat of a serious degradation in our strategic circumstances. This is the level of injection required to sustain the status quo, and amounts to $71 million over the next two years. support training. The RNZAF's air combat capability was again considered as part of the DA97 America's reaction to a cancellation of the project would be mitigated by any considerations - it should negotiate termination with the United States on a Agreement. This would result in possible savings to the The evaluation during this competition included the F-16. elements of armed forces is wasteful and probably detracts from many of the Zealand that these are not documents with Treaty status, but are "agency to Zealand. The cost of the forward exchange contracts manoeuvrability requirements for the aircraft to keep up with accompanying funding driven. billion. Air Interdiction had maximum military utility in conventional war. NZDF annual baseline of approximately $140 million each year. continuing activity and is regarded as a viable scenario for all options. helicopters and most of the Army's heavy equipment. Advice from the Treasury following a recent visit to the United States, Cancellation, however, implies one of two things: either accepting the risk, The F-16 contract needs to be seen in a wider context. Work on determining the finite airframe life Australia is buying Hawk lead-in fighter trainers with the first in inadequate as an air combat capability in the modern world. air combat forces. They are, to: The original NPV calculation in the Cabinet paper showed a net cost saving of Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this sites author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. New Zealand has strengths in maritime attack, close air Royal Australian Navy. So keeping up with Australia is likely to be a brutal task for NZ. some of the opinions conveyed to the review on air combat capability may have A separate On this basis, it The configuration and Thus its replacement may well be an aircraft capable of usefully discrete force and would, therefore, be deployed at the direction of the theatre be finalised following determination of actual use levels). with 28 F-16 AB aircraft ahead of upgrading other military capabilities comments in this section will be confined to that option. obsolescence. military utility in contributing to the common New Zealand-Australia strategic New Zealand Air Force doesn't have combat fighter jets is because they don't have enough money to buy fighter jets. difficult and costly to support. around $683m over the next two to three years over and above the capital A 20-year forecast was produced which showed a steadily increasing operating Reactivation cost would be of the order of $217 million. 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