# List of squadrons of the RNZAF

This is a list of past and present squadrons of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

## Current RNZAF flying squadrons and units

| Squadron / Unit | Code | Primary focus | Aircraft used | Notes |
| 3 Squadron | JV | Utility Helicopter | NH90, A-109 | Formerly Patrol Bomber / Territorial Fighter Bomber & Transport |
| 5 Squadron | PA & KN | Maritime Patrol | Boeing P-8 Poseidon | Formerly Reconnaissance / Flying Boat |
| 6 Squadron | XX | Shipboard Helicopter | Kaman SH-2G(NZ) Seasprite | Formerly Army Co-operation / Flying Boat |
| 14 Squadron | HQ & AZ | Primary and Advanced Trainer | Beechcraft T-6 Texan II | Aircraft shared with Central Flying School |
| 40 Squadron | | Transport | Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules and Boeing 757-200 | |
| 42 Squadron | | Training/VIP | Beechcraft King Air 350 | Formerly Reserve Light Bomber / Communications / Transport |
| 230 Squadron | | Intelligence and information systems support | N/A | Created through combining the Communication and Information Systems functions of 209 Squadron and the Intelligence functions from the Integrated Mission Support Squadron |
| Central Flying School | | Flight Instructor Training | Beechcraft T-6 Texan II | Aircraft shared with 14 Squadron |

## Former RNZAF squadrons

* No. 1 Squadron RNZAF Code "SJ" reconnaissance / patrol bomber / Territorial Fighter Bomber / Transport
* No. 2 Squadron RNZAF Code "UH" reconnaissance / patrol bomber / Territorial Fighter Bomber / Attack
* No. 4 Squadron RNZAF Code "YZ" reconnaissance / patrol bomber / Territorial Fighter Bomber / Transport
* No. 7 Squadron RNZAF Code "UW" reconnaissance / patrol bomber
* No. 8 Squadron RNZAF Code "PA" reconnaissance / patrol bomber
* No. 9 Squadron RNZAF – reconnaissance / patrol bomber
* No. 10 Squadron RNZAF – reserve bomber reconnaissance / reconnaissance /patrol bomber / Operational Training Unit
* No. 11 Squadron RNZAF – reserve bomber reconnaissance
* No. 12 Squadron RNZAF – reserve bomber reconnaissance
* No. 13 Squadron RNZAF – reserve bomber reconnaissance
* No. 15 Squadron RNZAF Code "JZ" Fighter
* No. 16 Squadron RNZAF Code "XO" Fighter
* No. 17 Squadron RNZAF – Fighter
* No. 18 Squadron RNZAF – Fighter
* No. 19 Squadron RNZAF – Code "ZG" Fighter
* No. 20 Squadron RNZAF – Code "UY" Army Co-operation / Fighter
* No. 21 Squadron RNZAF – Code "TX" Army Co-operation / Fighter
* No. 22 Squadron RNZAF – Code Army Co-operation/ Fighter
* No. 23 Squadron RNZAF – Fighter
* No. 24 Squadron RNZAF – Fighter
* No. 25 Squadron RNZAF - Dive Bomber / Fighter
* No. 26 Squadron RNZAF - Fighter
* No. 30 Squadron RNZAF - Reserve Fighter Bomber / Dive Bomber
* No. 31 Squadron RNZAF - Reserve Fighter Bomber / Dive Bomber
* No. 41 Squadron RNZAF - Code "SG" Reserve Light Bomber / Transport
* No. 43 Squadron RNZAF – Reserve Light Bomber
* No. 44 Squadron RNZAF - Reserve Light Bomber
* No. 51 Squadron RNZAF – postwar Light Anti-Aircraft (LAA) unit. Previous No. 1 LAA Squadron; change of title c.1954.
* No. 52 Squadron RNZAF – postwar Light Anti-Aircraft (LAA) unit. Previously No. 2 LAA Squadron.
* No. 60 Squadron RNZAF - Radar
* No. 61 Squadron RNZAF - Radar
* No. 62 Squadron RNZAF - Radar
* No. 75 Squadron RNZAF Code "AA", "JN" & "YC" Fighter / Bomber / Heavy Bomber / Fighter Bomber
* No. 209 (Expeditionary Support) Squadron RNZAF - support squadron
* Navigation and Air Electronics Training Squadron RNZAF
* Airframe Reconditioning Squadron RNZAF (RNZAF Base Woodbourne)

## Squadrons of the Royal Air Force staffed mainly by New Zealanders

* 75 (NZ) Squadron RAF – heavy bomber; code "AA" & "JN"
* No. 243 Squadron RAF – fighter/transport; code "SN" & "VM"
* No. 258 Squadron RAF – fighter; code "FH" & "ZT"

## Article XV squadrons

* 485 Squadron – fighter; code "OU"
* 486 Squadron – night fighter & fighter bomber; code "SA"
* 487 Squadron – bomber/fighter bomber; code "EG"
* 488 Squadron – fighter/night fighter; code "NF" & "ME"
* 489 Squadron – torpedo bomber; code "XA" , "1" & "P6"
* 490 Squadron – flying boats; code/s unknown

## Other RNZAF units

* Northern Group, Central Group, Southern Group (in New Zealand)
* No. 1 (Islands) Group RNZAF
* General Service Training School
* Command Training School
* Ground Training Wing

## World War II
### Wartime squadrons

| Squadron(s) | Role(s) | Aircraft Type(s) |
| No. 1 Squadron RNZAF | Reconnaissance | Vickers Vincent, Vickers Vildebeest, Airspeed Oxford, Lockheed Hudson, Lockheed Ventura |
| No. 2 Squadron RNZAF | Reconnaissance | Vickers Vincent, Vickers Vildebeest, De Havilland Express, Airspeed Oxford, Lockheed Hudson, Lockheed Ventura |
| No. 3 Squadron RNZAF | Reconnaissance | Blackburn Baffin, Vickers Vincent, Vickers Vildebeest, Airspeed Oxford, Lockheed Hudson, Lockheed Ventura |
| No. 4 Squadron RNZAF | Reconnaissance | De Havilland Express, De Havilland Dragon Rapide, Vickers Vincent, Lockheed Hudson, Lockheed Ventura |
| No. 5 Squadron RNZAF | Reconnaissance Close air support Maritime patrol | Short Singapore, Vickers Vincent, Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| No. 6 Squadron RNZAF | Close air support Maritime patrol | Hawker Hind, North American Harvard, Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| No. 7 Squadron RNZAF | Reconnaissance | Vickers Vincent, Vickers Vildebeest |
| No. 8 Squadron RNZAF | Reconnaissance | Vickers Vincent, Vickers Vildebeest, Airspeed Oxford, North American Harvard, Lockheed Ventura |
| No. 9 Squadron RNZAF | Reconnaissance | Lockheed Hudson, Lockheed Ventura |
| No. 10 Squadron RNZAF | Reconnaissance | Airspeed Oxford, Lockheed Hudson |
| No. 14 Squadron RNZAF | Fighter | Curtiss Warhawk, Vought Corsair |
| No. 15 Squadron RNZAF | Fighter | Curtiss Warhawk, Vought Corsair |
| No. 16 Squadron RNZAF | Fighter | Curtiss Warhawk, Vought Corsair |
| No. 17 Squadron RNZAF | Fighter | Curtiss Warhawk, Vought Corsair |
| No. 18 Squadron RNZAF | Fighter | Curtiss Warhawk, Vought Corsair |
| No. 19 Squadron RNZAF | Fighter | Curtiss Warhawk, Vought Corsair |
| No. 20 Squadron RNZAF No. 21 Squadron RNZAF | Close air support Fighter | Hawker Hind, North American Harvard, Curtiss Warhawk, Vought Corsair |
| No. 22 Squadron RNZAF | Close air support Fighter | Vickers Vincent, North American Harvard, Curtiss Warhawk, Vought Corsair |
| No. 23 Squadron RNZAF No. 24 Squadron RNZAF | Fighter | Vought F-4U Corsair |
| No. 25 Squadron RNZAF | Fighter-bomber | North American Harvard, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Vought Corsair |
| No. 26 Squadron RNZAF | Fighter-bomber | Douglas SBD Dauntless, Vought Corsair |
| No. 30 Squadron RNZAF | Fighter-bomber | Vickers Vincent, North American Harvard, Grumman TBF Avenger |
| No. 31 Squadron RNZAF | Fighter-bomber | North American Harvard, Grumman TBF Avenger |
| No. 40 Squadron RNZAF No. 41 Squadron RNZAF | Transport | Lockheed Lodestar, Douglas Dakota, Lockheed Hudson |
| No. 42 Squadron RNZAF | Command and Control | De Havilland Domine |

### New Zealand Embedded Squadrons in the Royal Air Force

| Squadron(s) | Role(s) | Aircraft Type(s) |
| No. 75 Squadron RAF | Bomber | Vickers Wellington, Short Stirling, Avro Lancaster |
| No. 485 Squadron RAF | Fighter | Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Tempest |
| No. 486 Squadron RAF | Fighter-bomber | Hawker Hurricane, Hawker Typhoon, Hawker Tempest |
| No. 487 Squadron RAF | Fighter-bomber | Lockheed Ventura, De Havilland Mosquito |
| No. 488 Squadron RAF | Fighter Night fighter | Brewster Buffalo, Hawker Hurricane Bristol Beaufighter, De Havilland Mosquito |
| No. 489 Squadron RAF | Torpedo Bomber | Bristol Beaufort, Bristol Blenheim, Handley Page Hampden, Bristol Beaufighter, De Havilland Mosquito |
| No. 490 Squadron RAF | Maritime Patrol | Consolidated PBY Catalina, Short Sunderland |