Netherlands-led NATO future Airbus A330 tanker fleet

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Re: Netherlands-led NATO future Airbus A330 tanker fleet

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T-054 arr in Cologne on 1st Dec and still on the ground. First based MMF aircraft ?
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Re: Netherlands-led NATO future Airbus A330 tanker fleet

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No, the T-056 will be the first for Koln-Bonn (1-2021). At this moment it is temporary on Eindhoven.
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T-054 is stationed in Cologne and flies its daily mission
T-055 last activity on 27NOV
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Yesterday T-057 flew from Getafe to Chateauroux for its paintjob
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The T-056 will go back to Spain, they found more than 200 items that are not good! At this moment technicians of Airbus Military are working on the T-056 at Eindhoven. The A330 is perfect but the work that is performed in Spain (military systems) is very bad, the T-054 has/had also many problems.
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"Mañana, mañana".....
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michel N wrote: 09 Dec 2020, 00:14 Yesterday T-057 flew from Getafe to Chateauroux for its paintjob
The 4th of January it flew back to Getafe
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T-056 back to Getafe or still in Eindhoven ?
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It is still at Eindhoven, they try to fix the problems at Eindhoven.
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Is anyone familiar with the KC-30M delivery schedule?
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T-057 almost ready for acceptance flight, here seen landing at Getafe factory after test flight on 18Mar2021
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Re: Netherlands-led NATO future Airbus A330 tanker fleet

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Looks like T-057 (MMF70/48C43) is on it's delivery flight.
T-055 (MMF97) went on to Sevilla
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T-057 landed at Eindhoven
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Next baby, T-058, did first flight after conversion today from Getafe factory (LEGT), delivery is not far.
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Nice one Jose Luis! Thanks for keeping us up to date!
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