Los preparativos para continuar con el programa FSTA (Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft), continúan, con la contratación de pilotos e ingernieros para trabajar en los A330-200 modificados.
Un total de 14 aviones estarán basados en RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, desde finales del año 2011.
EADS UK ya ha construído un hangar para tal motivo en Brize Norton, así como oficinas e instalaciones de entrenamiento.
Cinco aviones estarán en servicio en 2013, y el total de 14 lo estará en a mitad del 2014, estando a pleno rendimiento a mitad de 2016.
Ya ha volado un prototipo, y el segundo realizó su roll out en la planta de Airbus Military en Getafe, España, el pasado ocho de Octubre. El resto será preparado por Cobhamm en sus instalaciones del aeropuerto Bournemouth, Dorset, desde el próximo año.
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Preparations to field the UK’s Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) are on track, with the first two sponsored reservist pilots recruited and 11 military engineers having recently been selected to support the Royal Air Force’s fleet of modified Airbus A330-200s.
An eventual 14 of the aircraft will be based at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire starting from late next year.
The EADS UK-led AirTanker Services consortium has already managed the construction of a new two-bay hangar at Brize Norton, and associated office and training school facilities are also nearing readiness.
Five aircraft will be in use by early 2013, nine by late 2014 and all 14 delivered by mid-2016, when full service delivery will start.
The UK’s second modified A330 was rolled out at Airbus Military’s Getafe site near Madrid on 8 October, and is expected to be flown soon. Cobham will prepare the remaining 12 at its Bournemouth airport site in Dorset, starting from next year.
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