Airbus A330 MRTT refuels A400M

A330 MRTT refuels A400M, photo from chase F-18 photo:Airbus Airbus A400M airlifter was successfully aerial refuelled for the first tim...

A330 MRTT refuels A400M, photo from chase F-18 photo:Airbus

Airbus A400M airlifter was successfully aerial refuelled for the first time, by an A330 MRTT Multi Role Transport Tanker.
During the course of four flights, conducted day and night over southern Spain, A400M received more than 80 tons of fuel in 100 wet contacts from a Royal Air Force Voyager A330 MRTT using the tanker´s Fuselage Refuelling Unit.

The trials follow dry contacts conducted in an earlier test-phase and support the A400M´s capability to conduct extremely long-range non-stop deployments.

A400M recently completed the paratrooping trials over Spain.