Eighth A330 tanker aircraft joins NATO MRTT unit in Eindhoven
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| Airbus A330 T-061 tanker aircraft gets a water salute at Eindhoven Air Base, Netherlands. It is the eighth aircraft to join the NATO MRTT fleet. |
On wednesday June 19th, 2024, another Airbus A330 MRTT aerial refueler was delivered from the Airbus factory at Getafe (Spain) to Eindhoven AirBase (ICAO: EHEH) in the Netherlands; with serial T-061.
Eindhoven AB, is the homebase of the Multinational MRTT Unit (MMU), which flies and maintains 9 Airbus A330 MRTT aircraft for the six European partners in this consortium. Later a 10th A330 MRTT will be delivered, to complete the current set of tankers. On Forward Operating Base Cologne AB, four tankers will be based; while five tankers will be located at Eindhoven AB.
The Multinational MRTT Unit partners are the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Norway and Czechia.
The Eindhoven based European Air Transport Command (EATC) will take care of the planning and scheduling of the A330 MRTT flights.
Eindhoven AB, is the homebase of the Multinational MRTT Unit (MMU), which flies and maintains 9 Airbus A330 MRTT aircraft for the six European partners in this consortium. Later a 10th A330 MRTT will be delivered, to complete the current set of tankers. On Forward Operating Base Cologne AB, four tankers will be based; while five tankers will be located at Eindhoven AB.
The Multinational MRTT Unit partners are the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Norway and Czechia.
The Eindhoven based European Air Transport Command (EATC) will take care of the planning and scheduling of the A330 MRTT flights.
Photos: Joris van Boven
Text: Joris van Boven and Alex van Noije
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