Various RNZAF Skyhawk videos from the late 1980s and 1990s.

[@norpera]

I live in bulls near ohakea grew up with these beauties in our skies. Now sad to see them gone the airforce is not the same without the strike force.

[@goodbill55]

Fantastic footage. A great tribute to an iconic aircraft. Oh! It was also a great reminder of ...when NZ had an Air Force

[@cookingbetter]

Keep National in and it may return one day as a force, one can only hope...

[@konewone361]

@@cookingbetter fingers crossed

[@norpera]

The ending of the video was pure magic.

[@adammcintosh8556]

Thanks Don. Really enjoyed the footage at the end with the A-4 and RAAF Hornet attack runs!

[@stephaniekent8483]

great video, and great times!I remember one of the jets from Okinawa got overstressed in the dog fights, I spent the whole week there watching got some great pics from the end of the runway, they kept telling me to move but I wouldn't lol deafening, loved it! :)

[@andrewtaylor9615]

Never thought I'd ever see coupled A4s doing a barrel role. Great video!

[@stuartbain2815]

Great footage!! I remember spending days in the slave tower at the range and the base beat ups were always fun too...

[@eitleoir170]

Great footage! I'm from Ireland and we are very similar in the sense we once had a jet combat capability but since 1999 we haven't. We used to operate a fleet of six Fouga CM170 Magisters (I know, very old aircraft but they were better then nothing) which made up the Light Strike Squadron of the Irish Air Corps. They were retired in 1999 and never replaced. Currently our only combat capable aircraft are 8 Pilatus PC-9M turboprop trainers. While perfect for training new pilots and some air to ground combat, they have little to no air to air and intercept ability. Whats most annoying is that we could easily afford jets such as the JAS39C Gripen or the KAI FA-50. Considering that 90% of all transatlantic traffic passes through Irish airspace, its dangerous and lazy of the Irish government to not invest in combat jet aircraft. I would also support New Zealand bringing back their jet aircraft.

[@greglynch6549]

We are living in a fools paradise if we think we are safe @

[@joshcheck7532]

18:00. Wanganui airport. Remember being there as a kid

[@johnedmondson7623]

Thanks Don, enjoyed that

[@leannelenz6651]

Thanks Don for the wonderful footage, was that the raumai range in that footage?

[@allgood6760]

Awesome flying👍🇳🇿

[@bournejsn]

imagine what we could of done with the f16's had Helen stayed in hippie tent she came from!

[@TillyOrifice]

Nothing useful?

[@mikey9999]

Good work Don

[@robertmiller2173]

With the world being what it is maybe we need to get some more fighters say a few F-18 Hornets and tack them on to the Aussie airforce.

[@victorcajilog5355]

Is it still serveceable in new zealand?

[@CallumDean85]

Back when Gavin Howse had hair hey haha

[@misterpainter3]

Siiiiick!!!!!!

[@delavega5354]

Bring back the fighter wing to the airforce

[@wfp9378]

Been away from NZ for 30+ years, but makes me feel all patriotic. Elections later this week. I know which party will NOT be getting my vote as they destroyed one of the important diplomatic threads we had with our allies due to their policies.

[@smith5312]

Great footage but a lot of it was repeated a few times over.

[@TheFunkhouser]

So sad we dropped our jet fighters :((