The A330 tanker achieved a new milestone with its first nighttime refueling operation using the advanced Aerial Refueling Boom System. The Royal Australian Air Force A330 transferred more than 3,300 pounds of fuel through the ARBS during a multi-contact mission involving two F-16 fighter aircraft. The nighttime refueling is part of final flight testing for the A330 MRTT. (Source: EADS North America, 11/09/09) Gulf Coast note: The tanker Northrop Grumman and EADS are proposing for the Air Force, the KC-45, is based on A330. The team will assemble the plane in Mobile, Ala., if it wins.
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Monday, November 9, 2009
Airbus tanker does night refuel
The A330 tanker achieved a new milestone with its first nighttime refueling operation using the advanced Aerial Refueling Boom System. The Royal Australian Air Force A330 transferred more than 3,300 pounds of fuel through the ARBS during a multi-contact mission involving two F-16 fighter aircraft. The nighttime refueling is part of final flight testing for the A330 MRTT. (Source: EADS North America, 11/09/09) Gulf Coast note: The tanker Northrop Grumman and EADS are proposing for the Air Force, the KC-45, is based on A330. The team will assemble the plane in Mobile, Ala., if it wins.
