Joining the Air Force opens the door to a wide range of opportunities, from flying and maintaining aircraft to supporting missions through engineering, intelligence, logistics, medical services, and more. It’s a career that blends discipline, challenge, and purpose, giving individuals the chance to grow both personally and professionally while contributing to national security. Whether you’re interested in hands-on technical work, leadership roles, or cutting-edge aerospace operations, the Air Force provides structured training and clear development pathways to help you reach your potential.
A career in the Air Force involves training, teamwork, and ongoing learning across a variety of operational and support roles. Recruits begin with foundational military training before moving into specialised career tracks such as aviation, avionics, engineering, security forces, IT and cyber, medical, logistics, or administration. As individuals progress, they gain leadership experience, technical qualifications, and opportunities for promotion within a structured career framework. Many roles offer nationally recognised qualifications and long-term career prospects, both within the military and in civilian industries. With a focus on discipline, problem-solving, and commitment to service, the Air Force prepares individuals for rewarding, purpose-driven careers in a highly respected organisation.
Whether you’re aiming for Aeronautical Engineering, joining the Flight Crew, or stepping into roles across Logistics, Emergency Response, Administration, or Healthcare. The Air Force provides far more than a standard 9–5 job—every day is different. One day you might be on-base completing training, playing sport, or working with your team, and the next you could be deployed on exercise overseas for several weeks, experiencing new environments and challenges.
The training, support, welfare, and social life within the Air Force are unlike anything you’ll find in most careers, built on a strong sense of teamwork and a big whānau mentality. With structured career progression, world-class training, and opportunities to make a meaningful impact, the Air Force prepares you for a rewarding, purpose-driven future.
If you're a secondary school student, any of our three gateway courses will help provide insight into these various areas of expertise, from flight, piloting, ground services to aeronautical engineering, they provide insight and give you a taste of what your future might hold!
Aerospace engineers focus on designing, developing, testing, and producing aircraft, spacecraft, and related systems and equipment.
Air traffic control is a fast paced role guiding aircraft that is crucial to the safety and efficiency of air travel.
Lead airport operations to ensure a seamless travel experience for passengers.
A hands-on career that combines emergency response, safety management, and teamwork, giving you the chance to make a real impact on airport operations and passenger safety every day
An Airport Health & Safety Manager oversees the policies, procedures, and programs that ensure the safety, wellbeing, and regulatory compliance of everyone working in or passing through an airport environment.
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Combine advanced rescue, medical support and aviation expertise to help save lives.
We do more than just teach aviation - we immerse you in it!
When you learn with us you are trained by experienced industry experts where the action happens - in fully equipped aviation workshops and Aero Clubs, utilising our ATR-72 training aircraft and industry-replica ground handling equipment, and with behind-the-scenes exposure in your local airport.
Everything we do is designed to give you a true-to-life learning experience.
