MMU provides global and reliable Air-to-Air Refueling
#AAR
, Air Transport
#AT
and Aeromedical Evacuation
#MedEvac
capabilities to all its Partner Nations.
As of today, 28 June 2023, we are officially on 🕛 24 hrs notice to move for aeromedical evacuation. One of our aircraft is permanently in MEDEVAC 🚑✈️ configuration and stationed at our FOB+ in Cologne🇩🇪
For the past 6 days our
#MMU
team is working 24/7 to support the
@NATO
air policing with air-to-air refueling capabilities!
With todays mission we provided more than 1.000.000 pounds of fuel to our partners in the sky to safeguard allied airspace!
#WeAreNATO
@BeAirForce
@NSPA_NATO
Another big day for the
#MMU
and the Multinational MRTT Fleet - together with our partners from
@Team_Luftwaffe
we safely performed not only the first take off with our T-54 from
@VlbEindhoven
, but also the first air-to-air refueling
#AAR
mission of our young unit!
@NSPA_NATO
Exciting news - today we were happy to add a new receiver to our portfolio ✈️
For the first time a F-35 from
@Kon_Luchtmacht
visited our flying gas station ⛽️
A great day for our
#MMU
flying crews & everybody involved in the certification process!
@BeAirForce
A warm welcome to our 2nd A330
#MRTT
aircraft at our
#MMU
Main Operating Base in Eindhoven!✈️
Thanks to the great cooperation with all involved partners
@NSPA_NATO
our unit is growing steadily, while getting ready for our first missions in support of the partner nations!
Today, for the first time, we conducted a
#MedEvac
Mission for our 🇳🇱partners and retrieved a 🇳🇱soldier from Bergen to Eindhoven. Medical Personnel took care of the patient during the flight (stock photos)✈️
#A330MRTT
On Sunday 23 July (1st official mission), the
#A330MRTT
MEDEVAC departed out of Cologne to retrieve a 🇩🇪soldier from Niamey to Hamburg. An on-board ⚕️medical team of
@SanDstBw
&
@Team_Luftwaffe
took care of the patient during the flight from Niamey to Hamburg. (stock photos)
A flying hospital??? Transforming our ✈T-056 into a MEDEVAC
#A330
#MRTT
. Today the conversion started at
#MMU
FOB+.
DAY1--> Moving the ✈ in the hangar in Cologne and preparing the equipment for (de)installation!
@BeAirForce
We have reached the first stop of our re-deployment from 🇦🇺
Departing from Darwin we flew via Indonesia 🇮🇩 to Singapore 🇸🇬
This is how the first leg together with six 🇩🇪 Eurofighter from
@Team_Luftwaffe
looked like for our
#MMU
team!
Next stop—> 🇯🇵
Kick-off for
#PacificSkies24
✅
4️⃣
#A330MRTT
strong 💪 and fully prepared to ferry DEU 🇩🇪 fighters over the ocean. A double take-off in Eindhoven & 2️⃣ A330MRTT✈️ from our FOB+ in Cologne. 1st destination Goosebay 🇨🇦
✈️✈️✈️✈️
#StrongerTogether
Soon the
#MedEvac
training will start at our
#MMU
FOB+ in Cologne!
In the meantime we are happy to grant you a look inside our flying hospital 🏥 with tail number T-056✈️
Enjoy watching the conversion 🎥 commented by our MEDEVAC experts:
Time to say goodbye! After three
#AAR
training missions with DEU Eurofighter
@Team_Luftwaffe
- on three consecutive days - from our
#MMU
Forward Operating Base+, it is time for our
#A330
MRTT T-054 to return to the MOB in Eindhoven!
@BeAirForce
📸Bundeswehr/ Altfelder
Another
#A330
MRTT is in the air for the
#MMU
!
One of our latest newcomers to the MRTT fleet with tail number T-059 passed the airworthiness review and performed its first take off from
@VlbEindhoven
✈️
The first flight was an
#AAR
mission with F-16, F-35 and 🇩🇪 Eurofighters!
This week our aircraft acceptance team arrived savely in Madrid and is starting the final phase for the
#MMF
first aircraft arrival at our
#MMU
Main Operating Base
@VlbEindhoven
🔜✈️
Just in time
@NSPA_NATO
:
After a two hour flight from Getafe we are happy to welcome our 4th
#A330
MRTT with the tail number T-057 at our Main Operating Base
@VlbEindhoven
✈️
We are looking forward to see it up in the sky with our fellow MRTTs soon!
#MMU
@BeAirForce
Today, we have delivered the fourth aircraft of the Multinational
#MRTT
Fleet - 4/9✔️✈️
MMF4 is now in the sky✈️and will soon arrive to its new home base at
@VlbEindhoven
🇳🇱
Over to you
@A330_MMU
!
🇧🇪🇨🇿🇩🇪🇱🇺🇳🇱🇳🇴
More info:
Last weekend not only the Easter Bunny was busy, but also our
#MMU
flying crews as we completed our first mission in support of
@UN_MINUSMA
!
Departing from
@VlbEindhoven
our crew arrived home safely after successfully completing the tasking by
@EATC_
✈️
@BeAirForce
What a great day to fly alongside our Multinational MRTT Fleet Partner
@BeAirForce
✈️
Yesterday our
#A330
MRTT joined a formation flight over Belgium to celebrate the 75th birthday of the Belgian Air Force 🇧🇪
The RedFlag excersise has come to an end
@NellisAFB
🇺🇲
Meanwhile, the
#MMU
is preparing for the oceanic crossing and safe return of all NLD F-35's of
#322FS
&
#313FS
A final video of this great
#reflagnellis
excercise. Thanks🙏 to NLD MCD for creating our RF videos.
Another Strategic Evacuation last night✈️. A BEL 🇧🇪 soldier was transported from Kinshasa Congo to Cologne. From there, a medical helicopter transported him to a hospital 🏥 in Brussels. We wish our BEL comrade a fast recovery.
Thank you🙏 team
#MedEvac
@SanDstBw
(Stock photo)
Congratulations to our first 🇩🇪Boom Operator in the
#MMU
🎉
This week Kai from the
@Team_Luftwaffe
completed his final boom day skill test with
@AirbusDefence
on the
#A330
MRTT✈️
A big thank you to the 🇳🇱 F-16s for their continuous support in our training efforts!
@Kon_Luchtmacht
A great day to meet our MMU/MMF partner 🇨🇿CZE for the 1st time. Today CZE Gripen ✈️ made their 1st "dry contact" to our
#A330MRTT
CZE is one of our six partner nations within the
#MMU
.
Another busy week for our
#MMU
team - in addition to our support for the
@NATO
Air Policing in Eastern Europe, we provide
#AAR
capabilities for the multinational exercise
#FrisianFlag2022
with our flying gas station ⛽️
#A330
MRTT ✈️
@BeAirForce
Good news from our
#MMU
FOB+! We conducted our first training mission with our
#A330
MRTT from and to Cologne. Especially for our maintenance team this is a well deserved reward for all their efforts which paved the way for this day!
@BeAirForce
📸Bundeswehr/ Altfelder
Today
@VlbEindhoven
the
#MMU
has reached Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for air-to-air refuelling, air transport & aeromedical evacuation ⛽️🚑✈️
#MMFIOC23
IOC status means the unit is ready to conduct operational missions for the participating nations 🇳🇱🇩🇪🇱🇺🇧🇪🇳🇴🇨🇿 & allies
#GoingHeavy
✈️: today we conducted our first
#AAR
-training together with
@SAC_Program
. Eleven contacts later, we are now certified for heavy Air-to-Air refuelling with the
#C17
🎉
🚩RedFlag exercise has officially started!
✅️ Mission planning by aircrew
✅️ Fuelled up the
#A330MRTT
✅️ Final checks by maintenance
✅️ Take-off
@NellisAFB
The
#A330MRTT
is ready to support their partners ⛽️✈️
#redflagnellis
On Sunday 10 September, the
#MMU
saluted all visitors of the Belgian 🇧🇪 Air Force days.
Participating in a flying formation, the
#A330MRTT
approached the airfield in Kleine-Brogel for a flyby ✈️
Today at 0930 local the first
#A330
MRTT took off from our
#MMU
Main Operating Base in Eindhoven!
An important step for the MMU and the Multinational MRTT Fleet which was only possible thanks to the great work of all MMF Partner Nations 🇧🇪🇨🇿🇩🇪🇱🇺🇳🇱🇳🇴 and Organisations!
@NSPA_NATO
Another
#MMU
newcomer - today we received our 7th
#A330MRTT
with the tail number T-060✈️
2 deliveries in just 3 days - this would not have been possible without the great cooperation with our partners
@NSPA_NATO
, OCCAR &
@AirbusDefence
🤝
Getting ready for
#RapidPacific2022
🛫
Today we completed our last mission for
#FrisianFlag2022
✈️
Departing from our FOB+ CGN our
#A330
MRTT went northbound for a final
#AAR
with F-16s from the
@Kon_Luchtmacht
🇳🇱
This concludes yet another important multinational exercise for our
#MMU
in 2022!
@BeAirForce
First mission in support of our partner 🇨🇿 successfully completed!
Tasked by the
@EATC_
our
#MMU
crew took off from the Forward Operating Base+ Cologne last week and went on route to fly an air transport mission via Pardubice, the Czech Republic ✈️
@BeAirForce
@ArmadaCR
A final check by our flight surgeon and the next group of our
#MMU
pilots and AROs are on the way to resume their training
@AirbusDefence
. On board is our Commander
#RNLAF
Colonel Jurgen van der Biezen who is doing his recurrent training this week!
#MMF
A busy week for our
#MMU
✈️
In support of the
#MAGDAYs
our
#A330
MRTT was in the air to refuel thursty receivers ⛽️ from the
@Team_Luftwaffe
A great opportunity for our air-to-air refueling operators to put their training into practice!
@BeAirForce
F-35’s van
@VlbLeeuwarden
en F-16’s van
@vlbvolkel
zijn ingezet voor de bescherming van NAVO-luchtruim boven Oost-Europa. De toestellen worden in de lucht bijgetankt door een MRTT vanaf
@VlbEindhoven
Er staan in totaal 8 jachtvliegtuigen, 24/7, klaar voor inzet.
#WeAreNATO
Looking at an empty platform at our
#MMU
Main Operating Base
@VlbEindhoven
. With our T-056✈ fully operational, our three
#MRTT
are up in the sky ✅ This leads to increased training capabilities for our crews in the air and on the ground.
@BeAirForce
Due to the great coordination work of the liaison team in the Arctic Challenge Exercise, we were able to refuel multiple ✈️ F-18s from our newest NATO member Finland 🇫🇮 and PfP member Switzerland 🇨🇭
Another big milestone accomplished for the
#MMU
- the first landing at our Forward Operating Base + in Cologne!
Our COM FOB+ personally welcomed our
#A330
MRTT with the tail number T-055✈️
Unfortunately it will only be a short stop in Cologne - but for sure it won’t be the last!
#NATO
showcases interceptions during a mediaflight where QRAs from NATO allies intercepted the
@A330_MMU
. On Šiauliai Airbase 🇱🇹 a T-scramble was demonstrated by 🇷🇴. During the return we demonstrated our refueling capabilities⛽️✈️
#NATO
Air Policing
#SecuringTheSkies
#WeAreNATO
Air transport required? ✈️
Our
#A330
MRTT is on the way - yesterday we completed our first tasking by the European Air Transport Command
#EATC
! Our
#MMU
flying crew picked up 🇩🇪 soldiers from Crete and flew them home for Christmas🎄
@BeAirForce
One year ago today our first
#A330
MRTT landed at our
#MMU
Main Operating Base
@VlbEindhoven
!
Thanks to the great cooperation with all our programme partners, we completed more than 200 missions since that day, while training our crews in the air & on the ground!
@BeAirForce
Not only the number of
#MMU
missions increases steadily, but also the list of our VIP passengers!
Last week we were proud to welcome the 🇩🇪Air Chief LtGen Gerhartz on board our
#A330
MRTT ✈️
Our crew safely flew back all our
@Team_Luftwaffe
passengers to 🇩🇪 from their visit in 🇷🇴
Friday,️ 7️⃣ 🇳🇱cabin attendants👩✈️officially received their wing, meaning they are officially ready for air service in our ✈️
🥳1st time ever
@Kon_Luchtmacht
installed military cabin attendants straight from the civil market.
Recruted
@summacollege
➡️ military trained ➡️
#MMU
🏁
Change of command 🔁
🇳🇱Col Jurgen van der Biezen (retires) hands over the command of the
#MMU
to 🇩🇪Col Ludger Bette.
As the new commander, Col Ludger Bette will be responsible for the
#MRTT
fleet and its tasks: air-to-air refuelling, air transport & aeromedical evacuation ⛽️✈️🚑
Thanks to the hard work and dedication of our
#MMU
Acceptance Team together with all MMF partners and
@AirbusDefence
we are happy to announce that we will receive our first
#A330MRTT
aircraft tomorrow at our Main Operating Base in Eindhoven ✈️
We have received our 1️⃣st of eight Multinational MRTT Fleet (MMF) aircraft ✈️
#A330MRTT
Stay tuned for the ferry flight to
@VlbEindhoven
tomorrow!
🇧🇪 🇨🇿 🇩🇪 🇱🇺 🇳🇴 & 🇳🇱
@NATO
@A330_MMU
10 July 2021 - we are happy to celebrate our 2nd anniversary 🎉
#MMU
And what a year we had :
- Delivery of 3
#A330
MRTT✈️
- Missions from EHV and CGN🛫
-
#MedEvac
conversion and conversion training completed ✅
We are looking forward to another exciting year!
@BeAirForce
3 March 2021, a short notice visit to our 🇩🇪 FOB+: Major General Dr Kübart, Commander German Airforce Forces Command
@Team_Luftwaffe
, visited the
#MMU
in Cologne to witness how we combine AAR, AT and MEDEVAC ✈ capability into our new converted
#A330
#MRTT
After a 3-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Exercise Pitch Black is back!
#PitchBlack22
will take place 19 Aug - 8 Sep with around 2500 ppl & 100 aircraft from up to 15 nations from around the globe participating. 🌏✈️👥
Click through to find out more.
#AusAirForce
#AvGeek