Air Tanker – For Hire
Air Tanker are progressing bringing the RAF’s Voyagers into service and as can be sen from the images below have also offloaded fuel to French
November 30, 2014
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On that FSTA RAF Voyager Exclusivity Clause
I have covered the Future Strategic Tanker programme several times (the main one being here) on Think Defence including the oft held assertion that Air
March 26, 2013
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Hub and Spoke
We were discussing earlier this week the UK’s capacity to move personnel in and out of Afghanistan, whether the hub and spoke arrangement currently used
October 27, 2011
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The Pros and 7 Cons of an RAF Voyager
Announced this week was the official naming ceremony of the RAF’s newest and largest aircraft, the Voyager On the 15th of July, the MoD wrote
July 18, 2011
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Is an EU Airborne Refuelling Pool on the Horizon
The UK is continuing with Future strategic Aircraft Tanker (FSTA) programme that is being fulfilled as a PFI contract with Airtanker, a consortium consisting of
January 28, 2010
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Who is Paying for the FSTA
The Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft or FSTA is the RAF’s new tanker and strategic transport aircraft based on the Airbus A330-200 aircraft. The 14 aircraft
March 17, 2009
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