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Airbus delivers first A330 MRTT to NATO Multinational Multi Role Tanker Transport Fleet

Air July 6, 2020

Airbus has formally delivered the first of eight Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft ordered by the NATO Multinational MRTT Fleet (MMF) after a ceremony held at the Airbus Getafe site in Spain. The official acceptance of this first aircraft marks a decisive milestone towards the entry into service ...

RAF flights to take UK aid-funded supplies to Africa to tackle coronavirus

Air June 30, 2020

The first of a series of Royal Air Force flights taking medical supplies to Africa to help fight the coronavirus pandemic departed at the weekend. The RAF C-17 took off from RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire on a journey funded by the Department For International Development. The transport aircraft was carrying a ...

Royal Navy joins NATO allies on major maritime exercise

Maritime June 9, 2020

Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Kent has joined 19 nations on the US-led Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) exercise. HMS Kent and minehunter HMS Ramsey will sail alongside 26 other vessels and 29 aircraft as 3,000 personnel from 17 NATO nations and two NATO partner nations strengthen their combined maritime capabilities and ...

NATO: Security challenges not diminishing because of COVID-19

Land May 19, 2020

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg addressed a meeting of NATO Chiefs of Defence on Thursday (14 May 2020) by videoconference and stressed that security challenges have not diminished because of COVID-19. He called on NATO to continue to ensure that the health crisis does not turn into a security crisis. NATO armed ...