A job working with fuel is taking a 21-year-old Hastings man around the world with the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF).
Leading Aircraftman Josh Evans, an aviation refueller with the RNZAF, is currently in Washington State taking part in Mobility Guardian, a biennial air mobility exercise.
More than 80 countries and more than 3000 airmen, soldiers, sailors, and Marines are taking part alongside the United States Air Force in the exercise, which is designed to sharpen airmen's skills in dynamic, contested environments.
The RNZAF has sent a C-130 Hercules aircraft, with two crews and a support team.
Leading Aircraftman Evans, a former St John's College student, was attracted to the Air Force at age 17, after hearing about the opportunities it offered.