Gomig-21
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MRTT330A
Ahhh, I get it now. You're talking about the Airbus A330 MRTT A2A refueler, right? Were we talking about that recently? What made you think of that and bring it up? Was I complaining about how it's taking so long to order them and that's why you mentioned that? Yeah, I know, I've been complaining too much about the EAF and how they're handling things so far I'm gonna chill out a little lol.
BTW, in case some people didn't know, MRTT are acronyms for Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Fleet. So the aircraft is quite versatile in that it can refuel other aircraft while carrying a certain number of troops on their way to a certain battlefields area or wherever. So that's one of the reasons it's in quite the demand by many air forces out there.
I think you did mention this before that the French ordered 15 Airbus A330 MRTT A2A refuelers That is A LOT considering they only have something like 172 Rafale Cs and maybe another 30 carrier M models or so and right after they signed that contract, the EAF ordered their 2 and instead of creating a new order and going through all the red tape especially with the GE or Pratt & Whitney engines, they decided to amend the existing contract for L'Armee De L'Air to incorporate the 2 Egyptian Refuelers in with them to simplify things.
Hey, what's the difference for a country like France if they have 13 lol instead of 1!5?!
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