The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_New_Zealand_Air_Force" id="mwoQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal New Zealand Air Force">Royal New Zealand Air Force</a> is formed as an independent service.<sup about="#mwt109" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-18"}}' id="cite_ref-18" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_1#cite_note-18" id="mwog" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 18;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwow">[18]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-18"><cite about="#mwt106" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCDA"><a class="external text" href="https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/rnzaf" id="mwCDE" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Royal New Zealand Air Force"</a>. <i id="mwCDI">New Zealand History</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCDM">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCDQ">15 February</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt106" class="Z3988" id="mwCDU" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=New+Zealand+History&amp;rft.atitle=Royal+New+Zealand+Air+Force&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnzhistory.govt.nz%2Fwar%2Frnzaf&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+1"></span></span>