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Fourth Airbus Military A-330 MRTT plane handed over to RAAF

Paris, France - Leaving just one aircraft of its order still to be delivered

The fourth Airbus Military A-330 MRTT (Multi-Role Tanker Transport) for the Royal Australian Air Force has been formally handed over to the service, leaving just one aircraft of its order still to be delivered. Known as the KC-30A in RAAF operation, this particular aircraft is the only one for the RAAF to have been converted from the basic A-330 in Madrid, the others having been converted by Qantas...

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Rome, Italy, 12/30/2011 16:05
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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