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Four Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft are to form the future shared European fleet of tanker and transport aircraft. The number of four is mentioned in a letter sent to Dutch parliament by the Dutch Ministry of Defense on 18 December 2014. The Netherlands is in the lead in acquiring and forming a shared European pool of tanker aircraft.
The international project has teamed up with Airbus in order to acquire four Airbus MRTTs, with a contract to be signed in 2016 and first deliveries expected in 2020. In that same year, the Royal Netherlands Air Force will retire both its current McDonnell Douglas KDC-10 tankers. Other countries participating in the program are Belgium, Greece, Spain, France, Hungary, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal and Norway, with a letter of intent signed two years ago. NATO will pay for the aircraft.

http://airheadsfly.com/2014/12/19/fo...-tanker-fleet/

The Netherlands, Poland and Norway have decided to prepare negotiations with Airbus Defence & Space for the acquisition of a fleet of A330 MRTT multirole transport and air-to-air refuelling aircraft. The participating nations would welcome other nations to join the initiative either before an actual procurement or subsequently.

http://rpdefense.over-blog.com/2014/...kes-shape.html