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 by Stephen Carlson Washington (UPI) Nov 13, 2018
The first Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport aircraft for the Republic of Korea Air Force has landed at Gimhae Air Base in Busan, South Korea for acceptance tests. The Airbus and ROKAF crewed aircraft arrived in South Korea after ferrying from the Airbus Final Assembly Line in Getafe, Spain, with a stop in Vancouver, Canada, the company said in a press release on Tuesday. The plane will undergo ground and flight testing before acceptance by the ROKAF with an Airbus team present to provide technical support and advice during the trials until the plane is officially handed over to South Korea. The Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport is a derivative of the A330-220 civilian airliner designed for aerial refueling of other aircraft and cargo and personnel transport. The MRTT can carry up to 245,000 pounds of fuel for refueling operations and it's own use. It can quickly be configured for carrying over 40 tons of cargo or 266 personnel depending on the mission and uses military sensors and avionics for navigation. The MRTT is in use by the air forces of the U.K., Saudi Arabia, Australia, United Arab Emirates and Singapore. The United States and Brazil turned down the aircraft in favor of other tanker designs.
US fighter jet crashes off Japan's Okinawa, crew rescued Tokyo (AFP) Nov 12, 2018 A US navy fighter jet crashed into the sea off Japan's southern island of Okinawa on Monday and its two crew members were rescued alive, Japan's defence ministry said. The fighter jet crashed some 250 kilometres (156 miles) east-southeast of Okinawa's capital city Naha at around 11:45 am (0245 GMT), said Osamu Kosakai, spokesman for the ministry's Okinawa defence bureau. Its two crew members ejected and were rescued by a US military helicopter, he told AFP, adding the accident was "not life-thre ... read more
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