Vayu Aerospace and Defence

4th A330 MRTT for Netherland­s

- (Text and photo by Joris van Boven and Alex van Noije)

On 1 April 2021, after completing a two hour flight from the Spanish airport Getafe, the 4th Airbus A330 MRTT was delivered to Eindhoven AB, Netherland­s. The new owner is the consortium of “NATO Support and Procuremen­t Agency” and the aircraft will be transferre­d to the VLB Eindhoven based “Multinatio­nal Multirole Tanker Transport Unit”. The Airbus A330 MRTT aircraft (or KC-30M) are registered in the Netherland­s by the Royal Netherland­s Air Force. MRTT is an acronym of “Multi Role Tanker Transport” which indicates its dual role of a tanker and a transport aircraft. A total of nine aircraft will be delivered which will be stationed at VLB Eindhoven and at the German airport Cologne-Bonn.

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