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Old 11th Dec 2003, 00:36
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Since you ask,

A330 can make the Islas Malvinas direct from Brize with a useful payload, B767 cannot.

..and RAF tankers have been 'interoperable' with US Naval aviators' jets for years. A lightweight boom is under development by EADS for the A330 tanker of the future, but there's no plan to fit it to the RAF's FSTA.
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