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Monday, November 21, 2011

French Air Force Chief: Tankers Soon, but Anglo-French UAV Much Later

A Royal Air Force Voyager during the 2011 Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF FairfordThe French Air Force will sign a contract for between five and seven A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transports in 2013, with quick deliveries foreseen, according to its commander General Jean-Paul Palomeros.

Budget difficulties thwarted earlier French attempts to procure a new tanker.

This was followed by suggestions that France would seek to use spare capacity on the UK Royal Air Force’s forthcoming fleet of 14 A330MRTTs, as part of the Anglo-French Defence Agreement.

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