India in advanced negotiations to lease an A330 MRTT from France
30 April 2021
by Rahul Bedi
India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) is in advanced negotiations with the French government to lease one Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF) for training purposes.
The lease of this aircraft, which would be operated by the IAF but maintained by the French Air Force, is likely to be succeeded by the lease of five additional A330 MRTTs to augment the reach and combat capability of IAF fighters, official sources told
Janes on 29 April.
India’s MoD is in advanced negotiations with France to lease one A330 MRTT (similar to this one in French Air Force service) that will be used by the IAF for training purposes ahead of the planned lease of five more such aircraft. (Airbus)
An RSAF A330 MRTT is seen its hangar, Singapore s first net energy-positive military building.
The Republic of Singapore Air Force s six Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft attained full operational capability (FOC) on April 20, giving it an unprecedented strategic airlift capability in the Southeast Asia region. The aircraft fly with 112 Squadron at Changi-East airbase, where the first was unveiled in September 2018.
Compared to the KC-135R Stratotanker that it was acquired to replace, the MRTT can carry 20 percent more fuel, twice the cargo, and five times more passengers. It can also provide more and better medical care provisions for an aeromedical evacuation flight, with a specialized harness and power source for up to three intensive care unit patients, or 12 light care patients on stretchers. In the KC-135R, the aeromedical team had to bring its own power banks, and stretchers and beds were strapped to the floorboards.
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Singapore s A330 MRTT aerial tankers attain full operational capability
20 April 2021
by Kelvin Wong
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has declared its fleet of six Airbus A330-200 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (A330 MRTT) aircraft fully operational at a ceremony at Changi Air Base (East) on 20 April.
The attainment of full operational capability (FOC) comes after an operationalisation programme that commenced as soon as the first A330 MRTT arrived home on 14 August 2018 following conversion work by Airbus Defence and Space in Getafe, Spain, to transform the baseline commercial A330-200 passenger aircraft for air-to-air refuelling (AAR), airlift support, and aeromedical evacuation (AME) operations.