News Story: Australia is considering the acquisition of more C-17s and KC-30 tankers

A KC-30A/MRTT of the Royal Australian Air Force

Australian defence minister Senator David Johnston has hinted that his government is considering acquiring additional Airbus Defence & Space KC-30/A330 multirole tanker transports (MRTTs) and Boeing C-17 strategic transports as part of a Defence White Paper currently in development, according to a statement from Flightglobal. 

Speaking to media on an MRTT flight during the multinational Exercise Pitch Black on 14 August, Johnston said: “When you get good service from a platform it prompts you to say: ‘why don’t you get some more?’ [The KC-30] allows us to go anywhere in our region and far and away beyond that.”

The Royal Australian Air Force currently has five KC-30s in service with 33 Sqn, based at Amberley air base in Queensland.

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