List of squadrons in the New Zealand Air Training Corps

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This is a list of units in the New Zealand Air Training Corps.[1]

Each unit is led and managed by the Cadet Unit Commander, and their officers and staff.

There are currently 49 Air Training Corps units in New Zealand.

New Zealand Air Training Corps Units
Squadron
Abbrv.		 Unit Town / City Region Area Logo/Unit Recognition Patch Commissioned Website Notes.
1 SQN No. 1 (City of Wellington) Squadron Wellington Wellington Central Area
1 SQN.jpg
 September 15, 1941; 80 years ago (1941-09-15) [1]

[2] (Archived) - Old Website

2 SQN No. 2 (Hutt City) Squadron Hutt City Wellington Central Area
2 SQN.png
 1941; 80 years ago (1941) [3]

Archived [4]

Formerly
  • No. 2 (Petone) Squadron
3 SQN No. 3 (Auckland City) Squadron Auckland Auckland Northern Area
3 SQN.jpg
 1941; 80 years ago (1941) [5]
4 SQN No. 4 (Ardmore) Squadron Papakura/Ardmore Auckland Northern Area
4 SQN.png
 1958; 63 years ago (1958) [6] Formerly:
  • No. 4 (Papakura) Squadron
5 SQN No. 5 (Rodney District) Squadron Whangaparaoa Auckland Northern Area
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 1998; 23 years ago (1998) [7]
6 SQN No. 6 (North Shore) Squadron North Shore Auckland Northern Area
6 SQN.jpg
 1959; 62 years ago (1959) [2] [8]
7 SQN No. 7 (City of Hamilton) Squadron Hamilton Waikato Northern Area
7 SQN.png
 September 1941; 80 years ago (1941-09)[3] [9]
8 SQN No. 8 (City of New Plymouth) Squadron New Plymouth Taranaki Central Area
8 SQN URP.png
 1941; 80 years ago (1941)[4]
9 SQN No. 9 (City of Wanganui) Squadron Wanganui Manawatū-Whanganui Central Area
9 SQN.jpg
 September 1941; 80 years ago (1941-09)[5] Archived [10]
10 SQN No. 10 (City of Palmerston North) Squadron Palmerston North Manawatū-Whanganui Central Area
10 SQN.png
 Unknown Archived [11]
11 SQN No. 11 (District of Hastings) Squadron Hastings Manawatū-Whanganui Central Area
11 SQN URP V2.png
 December 1939; 82 years ago (1939-12)[6] Archived [12]
12 SQN No. 12 (City of Invercargill) Squadron Invercargill Southland Southern Area
12 SQN.png
 Unknown Archived [13]
13 SQN No. 13 (City of Napier) Squadron Napier Hawke's Bay Central Area
13 SQN.png
 1941; 80 years ago (1941)[7] [14]
14 SQN No. 14 (City of Gisborne) Squadron Gisborne Gisborne Central Area
14 SQN.jpg
 Unknown [15]
15 SQN No. 15 (Timaru) Squadron Timaru Canterbury Southern Area
15 SQN URP.png
 1941; 80 years ago (1941)[8] [16]
16 SQN No. 16 (District of Tauranga) Squadron Tauranga Bay of Plenty Northern Area
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 1971; 50 years ago (1971)[9] [17]
17 SQN No. 17 (City of Christchurch) Squadron Christchurch Canterbury Southern Area
17 SQN.jpg
 c. January 1942; 79 years ago (1942-01)[10] [18]
18 SQN No. 18 (Avon) Squadron Avon Canterbury Southern Area
18 SQN.jpg
 1960; 61 years ago (1960)[11] [19]
19 SQN No. 19 (Auckland) Squadron Auckland Auckland Northern Area
19 SQN.png
 1941 (1941) and 1964; 57 years ago (1964) [12] [20]
20 SQN No. 20 (City of Whangarei) Squadron Whangarei Northland Northern Area
20 SQN.jpg
 1941; 80 years ago (1941)[13]
21 SQN No. 21 (Masterton District) Squadron Masterton Wellington Central Area
21 SQN.png
 1942; 79 years ago (1942)
22 SQN No. 22 (City of Upper Hutt) Squadron Upper Hutt Wellington Central Area
22 SQN.jpg
 Unknown [21]
23 SQN No. 23 (Nelson) Squadron Nelson Nelson Southern Area
23 SQN.png
 September 1942; 79 years ago (1942-09)[14] [22]

[23] (Archived) - Old Website

24 SQN No. 24 (Ashburton) Squadron Ashburton Canterbury Southern Area Unknown 1943; 78 years ago (1943)[15] Archived [24]
25 SQN No. 25 (District of Kaikohe) Squadron Kaikohe Northland Northern Area Unknown Unknown
26 SQN No. 26 (Oamaru) Squadron Oamaru Otago Southern Area Unknown Unknown
27 SQN No. 27 (Blenheim) Squadron Blenheim Marlborough Southern Area
27 SQN.png
 November 16, 1942; 79 years ago (1942-11-16)[16] Archived [25]
28 SQN No. 28 (Gore) Squadron Gore Southland Southern Area Unknown Unknown [26]
29 SQN No. 29 (Rotorua) Squadron Rotorua Bay of Plenty Northern Area Unknown September 1941; 80 years ago (1941-09)[17] [27]
30 SQN No. 30 (Hobsonville) Squadron Hobsonville Auckland Northern Area
30 SQN.png
 17 September 1960; 61 years ago (1960-09-17) [18] [28] Formerly:
  • No. 30 (Waitakere City) Squadron
31 SQN No. 31 (Morrinsville) Squadron Morrinsville Waikato Northern Area Unknown July 1979; 42 years ago (1979-07)[19]
32 SQN No. 32 (Borough of Feilding) Squadron Feilding Manawatū-Whanganui Central Area
32 SQN.png
 1968; 53 years ago (1968)[20] [29]
33 SQN No. 33 (Westport) Squadron Westport West Coast Southern Area
33 SQN.png
 Unknown
34 SQN No. 34 (South Waikatio District) Squadron Tokoroa Waikato Northern Area Unknown February 12, 1985; 36 years ago (1985-02-12) Formerly:
  • No. 34 (Tokoroa) Squadron
35 SQN No. 35 (Whakatane) Squadron Whakatane Bay of Plenty Northern Area
35 SQN Logo.png
 Unknown Archived [30]
36 SQN No. 36 (Greymouth) Squadron Greymouth West Coast Southern Area
36 SQN.jpg
 July 1943; 78 years ago (1943-07)
37 SQN No. 37 (Thames) Squadron Thames Waikato Northern Area Unknown Unknown [31]
38 SQN No. 38 (Wigram) Squadron Wigram Canterbury Southern Area
38 SQN.jpg
 1980; 41 years ago (1980) [21] [32] Formerly:
40 SQN No. 40 (Howick) Squadron Howick Auckland Northern Area
40 SQN.jpg
 23 November 1981; 40 years ago (1981-11-23)[22] [33]

[34] (Archived) - Old Website

Formerly:
  • No. 40 (Manukau) Squadron
41 SQN No. 41 (City of Porirua) Squadron Porirua Wellington Central Area Unknown 1980; 41 years ago (1980)[23] [35]

[36] (Archived) - Old Website

Formerly:
  • No. 41 (Kapi-Mana) Squadron
42 SQN No. 42 (City of Dunedin) Squadron Dunedin Otago Southern Area
42 SQN.png
 Unknown Archived [37] Formerly:
  • No. 42 (Cargill) Squadron
48 SQN No. 48 (District of Stratford) Squadron Stratford Taranaki Central Area
48 SQN URP.png
 Unknown
49 SQN No. 49 (District of Kapiti) Squadron Kapiti Coast Wellington Central Area
49 SQN.png
 April 2, 1988; 33 years ago (1988-04-02)[24] [38]
50 SQN No. 50 (Alexandra) Squadron Alexandra Otago Southern Area
50 SQN.jpg
 Unknown
57 SQN No. 57 (Dargaville) Squadron Dargaville Northland Northern Area
57 SQN.png
 Unknown
64 SQN No. 64 (Kaitaia) Squadron Kaitaia Northland Northern Area
64 SQN URP - 2.png
 October 1942; 79 years ago (1942-10)[25]
65 SQN No. 65 (Kawerau) Squadron Kawerau Gisborne Northern Area
65 SQN Crest.jpg
 Unknown
75 SQN No. 75 (Arawa) Squadron Rotorua Bay of Plenty Northern Area Unknown Unknown [39]
88 SQN No. 88 (District of Waimakariri) Squadron Rangiora Canterbury Southern Area
88 SQN.jpg
 May 2016; 5 years ago (2016-05)[26] [40] Formerly:
  • No. 88 (Rangiora) Squadron

Former Units[]

Former Units of the New Zealand Air Training Corps[27][28]
Unit Name Town / City Region Commissioned Notes.
No. 43 (Waihi) Squadron Waihi Northern Area
No. 44 (Paeroa) Squadron Paeroa Northern Area
No. 45 (Balclutha) Squadron Balclutha Southern Area
No. 46 (MacKenzie) Squadron MacKenzie Southern Area
No. 47 (District of Hawera) Squadron Hawera Central Area
Kelson High School Cadets (No. 72 School Unit ATC) Lower Hutt Central Area
Kelston High School Cadets (No. 27 School Unit ATC) Auckland Northern Area
Tapawera District High School Cadets (ATC) Tapawera Southern Area

See Also[]

New Zealand Air Training Corps

New Zealand Cadet Forces

References[]

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