Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft was the name given to a British project to procure a fleet of Airbus A330 MRTT aerial refuelling and air transport aircraft for the Royal Air Force, to replace their t
Royal Air Force Airbus A330-243 at Airbus factory of Getafe, Spain
A Royal Air Force Lockheed TriStar, converted L-1011-500 used as tanker-transports for over 20 years by the time of the new programme
The Vickers VC10 aircraft entered RAF service in 1966
Vickers VC10
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The Vickers VC10 is a retired mid-sized, narrow-body long-range British jet airliner designed and built by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd and first flown at Brooklands, Surrey, in 1962. The VC10 is often comp
Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft
…AR) and air transport (AT) aircraft for the Royal Air Force (RAF), to replace their then existing older models such as the Lockheed TriStars and Vickers VC10s. In 2004, after evaluating the two bids, the Royal Air Force selected the AirTanker consortium, owned by Cobham plc, EADS, Rolls-Royce plc, Thales UK…
A British Airways Vickers VC10 still in partial BOAC livery
VC10 from the rear, showing the position of its four engines
The T-tail of a VC10