20 NOVEMBER 2020

by Gareth Jennings

2020年11月20日

加雷斯·詹宁斯（Gareth Jennings）

 

The first of its Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft to be configured for the medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) role has been received by the Multinational Multirole Tanker Transport Unit (MMU) at Eindhoven airbase in the Netherlands.

多国多用途加油运输部队（MMU）在荷兰的埃因霍温空军基地收到了首架配置用于医疗撤运（MEDEVAC）空客A330多用途加油运输（MRTT）飞机。

 

The Multinational Multirole Tanker Transport Unit has now received three of its nine A330 MRTT aircraft, including the first to be configured for the aero medical evacuation role. (NSPA)

多国多用途加油运输部队现在已经收到了其9架A330 MRTT飞机中的3架，其中包括首架配置用于航空医疗撤运任务的飞机。 （NSPA）

 

The milestone, announced on 19 November, saw Multinational Multi-Role Tanker and Transport Fleet (MMF) aircraft MMF3/T-056 delivered after having been outfitted with its MEDEVAC equipment at the MMU’s forward operating base at Cologne-Wahn airbase in Germany.

这个里程碑事件于11月19日宣布，这是多国多用途加油和运输部队（MMF）飞机MMF3/T-056在德国科隆-瓦恩空军基地的多国多用途加油运输部队（MMU）前线作战基地配备了医疗撤运（MEDEVAC）设备后交付的。

 

The MMF capability comprises NATO members Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Norway, with the MMU operating unit composed of military personnel from these six participating nations. To date, three of nine MRTT aircraft have now been delivered to the MMU with the remainder set to be handed over through to 2024.

多国多用途加油和运输部队（MMF）的能力包括北约成员国比利时，捷克共和国，德国，卢森堡，荷兰和挪威，而多国多用途加油运输部队（MMU）的作战单位则由来自这六个参与国的军事人员组成。 迄今为止，九架多用途加油运输（MRTT）飞机中的三架现已交付给多国多用途加油运输部队（MMU），其余飞机将交付到2024年。

 

Managed by the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) with support from the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR), the MMF capability will provide the participating nations pooled access to aerial refuelling (hose-and-drogue and boom/receptacle), strategic passenger and cargo airlift, as well as MEDEVAC capabilities. Five MRTTs will operate from the main operating base at Eindhoven airbase, and three from the forward operating base at Cologne-Wahn airbase. To ensure a permanent MEDEVAC capability, one of the aircraft located at Cologne-Wahn will be on permanent standby in this configuration as of the end of 2021.

多国多用途加油和运输部队（MMF）能力由北约保障和采购局（NSPA）在联合装备合作组织（OCCAR）的支持下进行管理，将为参与国提供战略空中加油（软管—锥套和伸缩杆式），战略客货空运以及医疗撤运（MEDEVAC）能力的集合通道。五架多用途加油运输（MRTT）将在埃因霍温空军基地的主要作战基地运行，而三架将在科隆-瓦恩空军基地的前线作战基地运行。 为确保永久的医疗撤运（MEDEVAC）能力，到2021年底，位于科隆-瓦恩（Cologne-Wahn）的一架飞机将以这种配置永久待命。