The four Royal Australian Air Force BAe Hawk jets departed Queenstown for Hobart early on the afternoon of 29 March as ASY1016 and later the same day continued onto Edinburgh near Adelaide using the callsign "Raptor" which incidentally was their callsign whilst flying out of Queenstown for the Warbirds over Wanaka 2016 airshow.
As per their eastbound Tasman crossing, the homeward overwater crossing saw them accompanied by a Boeing C17 Globemaster III. This job was undertaken by A41-207 with the transporter arriving at Christchurch on the evening of 28 March from Amberley and it departed at noon 29 March for Pearce intercepting the Hawk formation over Fiordland.
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| A41-207 at Christchurch 29 March 2016, G Weatherby photo |
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| 05-5148 at Christchurch 29 March 2016 prior to its departure from Hickam the same day, G Weatherby photo |
