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Old 5th Nov 2014, 20:12
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KenV
 
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No, the offer to the USAF had the A330 standard fuel configuration. The RAF also have the standard configuration. The MRTT for the other markets has the standard configuration. No extra tanks were fitted or need to be fitted. No, the standard A330 does not have fuel only in the wings. The fuel load has already been covered.

You say you were on the NG team that offered the A330??
You are correct, I neglected to mention the tail tank. But the bottom line was that with the standard A330 fuel configuration, the MRRT offered could not reach MTOGW with fuel alone.

And yes, I was on the NG team that co-developed the boom and the RARO (remote aerial refueling operator) station. At that time Boeing's offer was based on the KC-135 boom and our boom was far superior. And our proposal won. Our boom forced Boeing to do a total redesign based on the KC-10 boom for their next effort. Sadly, NG was not part of the next effort.

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