First A400M officially handed over to Armée de l'Air

evhest · Post by **evhest** » 30 Sep 2013, 15:02

The very first Airbus A400M was officially handed over to the Armée de l'Air today in Seville, Spain. More is here and here.

Stefan · Post by **Stefan** » 30 Sep 2013, 17:11

http://www.eads.com/eads/int/en/news/pr ... rance.html

Airbus Military celebrates first A400M delivery to French Air Force

More than 700 people celebrated the delivery of the first production A400M new generation airlifter to the French Air Force at a ceremony at the Airbus Military Final Assembly Line (FAL) at Seville, Spain on 30 September.

Madrid, 30 September 2013

HRH Prince of Asturias, French Minister of Defence Jean-Yves Le Drian, Spanish Minister of Defence, Pedro Morenés, as well as other military authorities from France and other partner nations and OCCAR representatives attended the ceremony along with EADS CEO Tom Enders, Airbus Military CEO Domingo Ureña-Raso and more than 300 Airbus and Airbus Military staff.

The aircraft, the first of 50 ordered by France and of a total of 174 on order, will be based at Orleans – Bricy Air Base and initially used for training before being deployed on military and humanitarian missions.

Niek · Post by **Niek** » 01 Oct 2013, 00:55

Does anybody have a clue why the A.400s wear a civilian registration next to the roundel (F-RBAA) in case of the first French example instead of the codes like they are worn by the Transall and Hercules fleet (61-.. etc).

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