On Tuesday, June 30, it was time for the first Airbus A330-200 MRTT for the Multinational Multirole Tanker Transport Unit (MMU)
to be delivered to Eindhoven Air Base. The aircraft with registration number T-055 is the first Airbus of a series of eight aircraft
that has been purchased by the international consortium. Of the eight aircraft, five will be based on Eindhoven and three on
Cologne-Bonn. In the Netherlands, the A330-200 MRTT, which is also referred to as the KC-30M, will replace the KDC-10 of the
Royal Netherlands Air Force. In Germany, the aircraft will replace the outdated Airbus A310 MRTT. The aircraft of the MMU are
made available to the European cooperation where tankers and transport aircraft are shared with eachother. This European
partnership is the European Air Transport Command (EATC), which is also based at Eindhoven Air Base. The new A330-200 MRTT
tankers are equipped with both the flying boom and the drogue system and can therefore refuel any type of aircraft in use in Europe.
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