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The USAF chooses the KC-30 to update it´s tanker fleet

The Unites States Air Force (USAF) has decided to go for the KC-30 to update it’s fleet of tanker aircraft. The KC-30 is a variation of EADS´s A330 MRTT, and will be manufactured by Northrop-Grumman on behalf of an agreement signed with EADS / Airbus. It will be equipped with the new ‘boom’ in-flight refueling [...]


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RAAF Lockheed AP-3C Orion In Sunset


Captured in sunset is this study of a Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion the workhorse of No 92 Wing, located at RAAF Base Edinburgh near Adelaide, they are responsible for conducting long-range surveillance missions within Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone and throughout the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Courtesy RAAF




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