France Begins Replacing Tankers

Credit: Airbus
France will order the first aircraft in a planned fleet of 12‭ ‬Airbus A330‭ ‬multirole tankers this year‭, ‬with the goal of slowly replacing the nation's aging KC-135Rs and a handful of strategic airliners‭.‬ The agreement‭, ‬announced by Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian Nov‭. ‬20‭ ‬and...
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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