Ready to refuel

33SQN introduces the KC-30

Almost eight years after choosing the A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) to meet AIR 5402’s operational requirement, the RAAF is still yet to see all five KC-30s gracing 33 SQN’s hardstand at Amberley.

But despite protracted and ongoing development, early indications are that once the teething problems have been sorted, Air Lift Group will have a force multiplying capability of regional significance.