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Airbus Delivers First A330 MRTT, As Company Looks to Autonomous Refueling

Airbus Delivers First A330 MRTT, As Company Looks to Autonomous Refueling
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On June 29, Airbus delivered the first of eight Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft ordered by the NATO Multinational MRTT Fleet (MMF) after a ceremony held at the Airbus Getafe site in Spain.  The plane will operate from the MMF base in Eindhoven in the Netherlands and from a forward operating base in Cologne, Germany. The MMF countries are the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Norway, Germany, Belgium and the Czech Republic. The latter six countries fund MMF and will…

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