RNLAF open days 2019. Will become Dutch registered M-001 for the European/NATO Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Fleet (MMF) programme. Delivery to Eindhoven June 1st 2020.
Ascot 2821 departing PDX on Runway 28R after spending the night. We do get a lot of unusual and random military visitors at PDX, but this one was certainly unexpected!
The EART tankers were used for refueling the Frisian Flag fighter force. In the background the Dutch KDC-10 T-264 takes of before heading for the refueling track over the North Sea.