The Thai Air Force has ordered one Airbus A330 MRTT+, making it the first customer for the Airbus A330neo-based tanker/transport aircraft. The jet features both boom and hose-and-drogue refueling capabilities, a medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) kit, and a VIP cabin. Military conversions of the model began in 2026 at Airbus’ Getafe factory, with delivery currently scheduled for 2029. The MRTT+ brings Trent 7000 engines to the table, with aerodynamic tweaks and winglets offering 8% lower fuel burn over its predecessors.
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February 29th, 2008. It was the day that Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that it had been selected by the U.S. Air Force to provide the KC-45A aerial refueling tanker for the KC-135 tanker replacement program. Most notably, this jet would be based on the A330 commercial airframe, produced by EADS – which, these days, would be Airbus’ Defence and Space division.Unfortunately, the celebrations wouldn’t last long for Airbus and Northrop Grumman.Just days later, Boeing would launch a full-scale counteroffensive to convince the Air Force that it had selected the wrong aircraft. In the end, Boeing was successful in overturning the Northrop Grumman deal, having its 767-based tanker win instead. It’s been quite awhile since this whole ordeal took place – long before our website and YouTube channels existed. So we thought it would be interesting to take a look back for today’s video!