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# Spain's first Airbus A330 MRTT tanker enters air force service
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-04-11-spain-airbus-mrtt-enters-service/
- Published: 2025-04-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:01:37.000Z
- Description: Airbus said the first of three A330 MRTT tankers ordered by Spain entered service with the Spanish Air and Space Force's 45th Wing, replacing its ageing Boeing 707 fleet.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [Airbus press release, 11 April 2025](https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-04-first-airbus-a330-mrtt-for-the-spanish-air-and-space-force-enters?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that all three ordered tankers are now in service; two more are still to be delivered.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)