NATO Begins Gripen Refueling Clearance Trials

Credit: NATO Support and Procurement Agency
NATO’s Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) Unit (MMU) has begun flight trials to enable Saab’s JAS-39 Gripen to be refueled by its Airbus A330 MRTT tankers. Ground and inflight trials using one of the unit’s MRTT aircraft and Swedish Air Force Gripens will pave the way for operational...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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