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Second A-330 MRTT plane in flight for UK underscores maturity of EADS North America KC-45 offering for USAF

Arlington, Usa - The airplane flew for two hours from Getafe, Spain, last Tuesday in the evening

EADS North America has marked another step forward for its KC-45 aerial refueling tanker program with the maiden flight of the second Airbus Military A-330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) for the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force (RAF). The KC-45 is the US Air Force configuration of the A-330 MRTT, and is the only tanker offered in the Air Force’s tanker competition that is in production and fly...

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Rome, Italy, 10/29/2010 18:28
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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