Spanish Air and Space Force Airbus A330 MRTT enters service

The first Airbus A330 multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) for the Spanish Air and Space Force entered service with the 45th Wing on April 11, 2025. The first of three acquired by the Spanish Ministry of Defence in November 2021, will operate from Torrejón de Ardoz Air Base, Madrid, after being delivered from the Airbus facilities in Getafe, where the A330 MRTT conversion centre is based. Jean-Brice Dumont, head of air power at Airbus Defence and Space, said: “The MRTT will