Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakatūria te rōpū i te tau 1935, i te wā e mōhiotia tonu ana te RNZAF ko te New Zealand Permanent Air Force o te Royal Air Force o Piritene. I te wa i riro ai hei ratonga motuhake i te 1937, i whakawhiwhia e te roopu a raatau mahi tuatahi ki te iwi i te wa o te 1937 coronation
whakatere. I te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i haere te roopu RNZAF ki Aotearoa ki te mahi mo te rererangi rererangi, a i te tau 1944 i haere ki te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa ki te whakanui ake i te wairua o nga hoia Kiwi me nga ope whawhai rererangi i te Pakanga Moana-a-Kiwa. I te 1945, i whakakorehia te roopu, engari i muri mai ka whakahoutia i te 1951 hei roopu rahui. I te tau 2012, koinei tetahi o nga roopu e toru i whakaorangia i te whakaiti a te kawanatanga ki nga roopu hoia.