The RAF itself illustrated the utter unsuitability of the Airtanker PFI contract when it tweeted this picture
Royal Air Force fighter aircraft have begun a four-month @NATO Air Policing mission in the Baltic region after replacing their German @luftwaffe colleagues. Read More: http://ow.ly/X0JQ30oCLGj #RAFOps #WeAreNATO
So, according to the RAF, its Typhoons can refuel from a Luftwaffe A400M, but not from its own Atlases. OK, I know the Typhoons are not actually connected here, but presumably they could be.
I give up....
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