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Originally Posted by Zulu29
If I remember correctly our current air to air refuelling planes aren’t compatible with the F35 so we’ll need new ones of those as well
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We'll be taking deliveries of the new refueller around the same time, they announced that last July-ish
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/natio...d-vip-aircraft
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Airbus has emerged as the only qualified supplier for a new fleet of Canadian Forces refueling planes and VIP aircraft.
The project, which includes the larger aircraft used by the prime minister, could cost up to $5 billion, but the final tally still has to be determined. The new planes will replace the existing Polaris aircraft flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force.
The aircraft deemed to be qualified for the job is the Airbus A330 MRTT, which is a dual-role refueling and transport plane.
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Probably retain the ability to do both boom and drogue with the new ones since a big part of our NATO contributions always seems to be refueling everybody, not just ourselves. I think over Lybia something like 25% of all refueling of NATO aircraft was done by two RCAF CC-150's