First Luftwaffe ‘tactical’ A400M delivered

Luftwaffe A400M 54+07 outside the final assembly line at Seville-San Pablo Airport, Spain. Airbus Defence and Space AIRBUS DEFENCE and Space has delivered the German Air Force (Luftwaffe)’s first A400M transport qualified for tactical operations and able to fly in areas subject to military threats. The delivery, which was announced on December 12, involved A400M 54+07 (c/n 0043), the seventh production aircraft for Germany, but the sixth to be delivered. Previously delivered aircraft will be retrofitted to the new standard