First time RAAF MRTT Tanker refueled mid air by another nations MRTT

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https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2026-08-05/trust-helps-refuel-tankers?fbclid=IwY2xjawThXtlwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMUl3dGIydGFBRENza2tmbElzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeWaqFM5qVIw89PdcDSo2E3xwK711-O7b1mLuIKo1hAKXMgWdOAA7RHKe_F-s_aem_SaN6Kr5sppuPXlLhcPk9jg

RAAF’s multi-role tanker transport aircraft (MRTT), the KC-30A, refuelled from an MRTT from the Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Unit (MMU) for the first time.

The refuelling took place during Exercise Pitch Black and demonstrated a new level of cooperation between RAAF’s KC-30A and an MRTT operated by the unit based in Eindhoven, Netherlands and Cologne, Germany.

RAAF KC-30A pilot Flight Lieutenant Paul Moylan said the refuelling was part of a large tanker formation flight which included Australia, the United Kingdom and the MMU.

“We were refuelling a number of fighter jets participating in Exercise Pitch Black, but we also conducted tanker-to-tanker air-to-air refuelling,” Flight Lieutenant Moylan said.

 

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Should add I hope it doesn’t give QF any ideas, ie Aus-Europe non stop on an A330, my butt is still sore after 9 hours yesterday in Y, don’t know how folk handle LAX-BNE