Originally Posted by
melmothtw
Would have been ready for the USAF though, which is the point of the thread....It did the first time around, or rather it exceeded them.
Ummm, no. Northrop/Airbus won the competition to DEVELOP a tanker based on the A330MRTT. The A330MRTT did NOT meet USAF requirements at the first competition, nor did it later, not does it now. That's total bollocks.