Germany and Norway place firm order for 5 A330 MRTTs

OCCAR – Europe’s organisation for the management of cooperative armament programs – has placed an order for five Airbus A330 MRTT aerial tankers on behalf of Germany and Norway.

KC-30 A39-002 refuelling an USAF F-16 in 2015
By U.S. Air Force photo by Christian Turner [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Netherlands and Luxembourg had earlier placed an order for two tankers. These aircraft will be managed under the European/NATO Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Fleet (MMF) program.