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Doubs · 06-19-2002, 07:54 PM

A very nice haul indeed! I'm green with envy!

I was lucky enough to be part of a military deployment to NZ in 1976. We spent two weeks at Ohakea RNZAFB, not far from Palmerston North. We were the first US military unit to conduct exercises from a NZ base since the war if what we were told was correct. During our stay, an elderly gentleman was given a tour of our F-4 fighters. He was NZ's only living Ace from WW1 and he was treated like royalty.... as he should have.

What I saw of North Island was beautiful and I don't believe I've ever seen the Milky Way so clear and bright.

06-19-2002, 07:54 PM	#9
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,747 Thanks: 832 Thanked 1,805 Times in 595 Posts	A very nice haul indeed! I'm green with envy! I was lucky enough to be part of a military deployment to NZ in 1976. We spent two weeks at Ohakea RNZAFB, not far from Palmerston North. We were the first US military unit to conduct exercises from a NZ base since the war if what we were told was correct. During our stay, an elderly gentleman was given a tour of our F-4 fighters. He was NZ's only living Ace from WW1 and he was treated like royalty.... as he should have. What I saw of North Island was beautiful and I don't believe I've ever seen the Milky Way so clear and bright.