Singapore’s Tankers To Fly With Three-Person Crew

Credit: A330 MRTT: Sam Wise
KUALA LUMPUR—Airbus A330 MRTT tankers to be delivered to Singapore next year have been improved from the initial design standard for operation by smaller crews and landing in worse visibility conditions. Singapore’s MRTTs will be operable by three people, down from the four needed for earlier units...
Marhalim Abas

Marhalim Abas, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, covers Southeast Asian defense. He has worked as a journalist specializing in Southeast Asia defense and security since 1994, initially with the New Straits Times newspaper.

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