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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

UAE air force to get Airbus transporter planes by year-end

A330 MRTT The UAE Air Force will receive the first of three new Airbus military transporter planes by the end of the year.

A military version of the Airbus A330 passenger airliner, the Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT), is designed as both a transport and an air-to-air refuelling aircraft.

Having ordered three MRTT planes in early 2008, the UAE will receive the first of them in December, Didier Vernet, the head of market development at Airbus, said yesterday.

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