Royal Australian Air Force and Airbus Partner on KC-30A Future Capability Roadmap
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DefenceTalkThe Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Airbus today signed a research agreement to further develop the RAAF KC-30A’s capabilities. The agreement strengthens the industrial partnership between Airbus and Australia’s defence force, and will help to define the evolution of the KC-30A fleet as it reaches operational maturity and expand its capabilities. This will result […]https://www.defencetalk.com/royal-australian-air-force-and-airbus-partner-on-kc-30a-future-capability-roadmap-69377/
First Successful Air-to-Air Refueling Contact for RAAF KC-30A to C-17A
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DefenceTalkThe Royal Australian Air Force took a significant step forward in airlift capability when two giant RAAF aircraft conducted air-to-air refueling for the first time. The refueling trials took place during a two-hour sortie off the Queensland coast, between a KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) and a C-17A Globemaster III cargo aircraft. The aircraft […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-successful-air-to-air-refueling-contact-for-raaf-kc-30a-to-c-17a-67412/
RAAF KC-30A Refuels E-7A Wedgetail Above Iraq
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DefenceTalkA Royal Australian Air Force KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport aircraft has used its air‑to‑air refueling boom for the first time on operations while refueling a RAAF E-7A Wedgetail last week during a Coalition mission above Iraq. The air-to-air boom refuelling process involved two large aircraft, military versions of the Airbus A330 and Boeing 737-700, approaching […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raaf-kc-30a-refuels-e-7a-wedgetail-above-iraq-65691/
RAAF KC30A Tanker Refuels F-35A Fighter In First Test
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DefenceTalkThe Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has completed the first fuel transfer with the air refuelling boom from a RAAF KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) to a US Air Force (USAF) F-35A Joint Strike Fighter at Edwards Air Force Base in California. A total of 59 contacts were conducted of which five contacts transferred 43,200 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raaf-kc30a-tanker-refuels-f-35a-fighter-in-first-test-65511/