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Cold Resolve 22 and Media Flight in A330-MRTT

07 Jun 2022

Cold Resolve 22 and Media Flight in A330-MRTT: Cold Response 2022 (CR 22) is a Norwegian military exercise in which Norway invites NATO allies and partner nations to participate. The most visible part of exercise CR 22 took place between 10 March and 10 April 2022.

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BA Evreux

07 Mar 2022

BA Evreux: The Ecole de Guerre (EDG) is a French military academy that trains senior officers to become as high-ranking senior officers.

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Farewell flight of McDonnel Douglas KDC-10

03 Dec 2021

Farewell flight of McDonnel Douglas KDC-10: On 7 October 2021, the last McDonnel Douglas KDC-10 tanker and transport aircraft (with registration T-235) of the Royal Netherlands Air Force flew a farewell round past Dutch airports.

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Ocean Sky meets EART

03 Dec 2021

Ocean Sky meets EART: This year for the very first time two major exercises combined their forces to meet their goals together. Ocean Sky 2021 and EART (European Air Refueling Training) 2021 joined up at the Canary Islands to get the most out of both exercises.

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Airbus A330 MRTT number 5 lands at Eindhoven Air Base

13 Oct 2021

Airbus A330 MRTT number 5 lands at Eindhoven Air Base: The fifth Airbus A330 MRTT registered in the Netherlands landed at Eindhoven Air Base on 31 August. Six European countries have jointly ordered nine of these aircraft.

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Défilé 2021, Paris

13 Oct 2021

Défilé 2021, Paris: The Marine Nationale aircraft flew from their homebases Base Aerienne Navale (BAN) Landivisiau (with Rafales) and BAN Lann-Bihoue (with Atlantic, E-2 Hawkeye, Falcon 50M).

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4th A330 MRTT for Netherlands

21 Jun 2021

4th A330 MRTT for Netherlands: On 1 April 2021, after completing a two hour flight from the Spanish airport Getafe, the 4th Airbus A330 MRTT was delivered to Eindhoven AB, Netherlands.

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Shwetabh Singh on Force multipliers for the IAF

07 Oct 2020

Force multipliers for the IAF: An AAR platform increases the range of a fighter or a transport aircraft and even heavy helicopters and in turn increases the weapon coverage area/combat radius carried by them.

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The Paris Parade 2020

05 Oct 2020

The Paris Parade 2020: Every year on 14h July, the National Military Parade (défilé) is held in the French capital of Paris commemorating start of the French Revolution. On 14 July 1789, the Bastille prison had been raided by people from Paris, an event that began the French Revolution.

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First A330 MRTT to NATO Multinational MRTT Fleet

29 Jul 2020

First A330 MRTT to NATO Multinational MRTT Fleet: An international consortium Multinational MRTT Unit (MMU) will receive eight A330 MRTT aircraft, of which five will be based at Eindhoven AB in the Netherlands as Main Operating Base and the remaining three aircraft will be based at Cologne Bonn Airport.

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European Air Refuelling Training (EART) 2019

13 May 2019

EART’s Exercise Director Colonel A Massucci gave an overview of the aerial tankers in Europe. Presently, European countries continue to rely heavily on the USAF’s capacity which became obvious during the Unified Protector operations over Libya in 2011.

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Eurofighters and 'Tempest' Future Concept display together

22 Oct 2018

The UK’s Combat Air Strategy, launched alongside the Tempest model at the Farnborough show, outlines a clear and critical role for Eurofighter as the primary route to developing the next generation of world-leading capabilities and technologies.

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European Air Refuelling Training (EART) 2018

24 Sep 2018

During the EART, all aspects of refuelling are trained for and lessons which have been learned during this exercise, have made politicians in Europe agree to join forces when it comes to air-to-air refuelling with strategic tankers.

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The Luftwaffe Exercises

07 Sep 2018

Exercise Brilliant Arrow 2017 (BRAW17), conducted from 11 to 24 September 2017 in northern Germany, was the Luftwaffe’s largest exercise this year.

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