RAF Temporarily Grows Tanker Capacity To Meet Demand Increase

RAF Airbus A330 MRTT
Credit: Crown Copyright – Royal Air Force
LONDON–The Royal Air Force (RAF) is temporarily growing its fleet of Airbus A330 Voyager Multi-Role Tanker Transports (MRTT) to deal with an increased demand for aerial refueling, in response to operations over Eastern Europe. Two Voyagers from the reserve fleet of five aircraft have been added to...
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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