Flying Officer Christopher Moohan (Ngāpuhi) and his partner Corporal Megan Cosgrove at the recent Officer Commissioning Course graduation.
When a Kaikohe 17-year-old was wondering what to do with his life the Air Force seemed an obvious choice.
Following in his family's footsteps, Flying Officer Christopher Moohan (Ngāpuhi), from Kaikohe, has now graduated from the Officer Commissioning Course at Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Base Woodbourne.
Moohan, 32,
originally joined the RNZAF in 2007 as an aircraft technician. His parents were in the RNZAF in the 1980s, where his mum worked as a safety and surface technician and dad as an avionics technician. His sister also joined in 2006 as an administration clerk.
"I was sold on getting a trade under my belt while the military paid me. At 17 I didn't know what I wanted for my future, I did know, however, that the military was a place I wanted to be from the stories from my parents' life in the military," Moohan said.
After spending 10 years as an aircraft technician, he left to get a Bachelor in Business Management. He then re-enlisted as a supply officer in June 2021.
