Airbus wins tanker deal

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26th Jan 2004, 19:06

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Airbus wins tanker deal

According to the BBC the Airbus consortium has won the RAF refuelling contract.

27th Jan 2004, 04:12

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Great news for our forces . At last new aircraft instead of second hand cast offs ..... not that I have anything against the 767 (or the .....ahhh.....VC10 )

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Who is going to crew these new machines? Is it to be the existing RAF guys or a civilian contractor?

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No contract signed, no dates, no information, just preffered bidder. Theres along way yet.

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