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In April 2025, warriors from the 171st, 193rd, and 142nd U.S. Air National Guard Fire & Emergency Services units trained alongside Royal New Zealand Air Force counterparts during Exercise Southern Steel, a bilateral event focused on enhancing emergency response interoperability and the Five Eyes alliance.

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NEW ZEALAND - In April 2025, warriors from the 171st, 193rd, and 142nd U.S. Air National Guard Fire & Emergency Services units trained alongside Royal New Zealand Air Force counterparts during Exercise Southern Steel, a bilateral event focused on enhancing emergency response interoperability and the Five Eyes alliance. Held at RNZAF Base Auckland and the Mount Wellington Fire and Emergency New Zealand Region One Training Centre, the exercise emphasized joint deployment readiness, shared tactics, techniques, and procedures, and multinational collaboration.

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