Sixth KC-30A prepares for delivery

ON THE EVENING of March 14 KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) A39-006 for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) arrived at Airbus Defence and Space facilities in Manching, Germany to receive its military paint scheme. The aircraft, MSN892/MRTT39, built in 2007, is a former Qantas A330-302, previously on the civil register as VH-EBH. Conversion to MRTT standard was completed by Airbus at Seville, Spain. It is part of a follow-on order for two more of the tankertransports announced in July