This was RNZAF's first MB339, delivered on 19 April 1991 to 14sqn at Ohakea. In 1994 it made a wheels up landing after which it was returned to Italy for repairs. Only in 1997, the aircraft was active again in New Zealand. It was wfu on 13 December 2001. It was flown from Ohakea to Woodbourne for storage on 30 July 2004 after which it was sent to the museum at Wigram.