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Old 03-01-08, 03:10 PM   #34
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Funny is that while the A 330s will be build in Tolouse, the whole refueling package and the associated research and development are all done in Dresden, in the former GDR's only aviation plant.
The A 330 MRTTs for Australia and the A 310 MRTTs for the Luftwaffe were all converted in Dresden
So basically the US air force is buying former east Block



In the same halls they are restoring the only surviving example of the Baade 152, the only GDR jet aircraft ever to fly.
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