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Airbus A330-243 MRTT

Singapore

76S311

Multi-Mission - Training - Military

29 August 2021

11:49

Origin : SPM

Spangdahlem Air Base

SPM

ETAD

Bitburg

Rhineland-Palatinate

Germany

Elevation : 365m / 1197ft

Coordinates : 50°57′22″N 7°41′33″E

Destination : XJD

Al Udeid Air Base

XJD

OTBH

Ar Rayyan

Ar Rayyan Municipality

Qatar

Elevation : 40m / 130ft

Coordinates : 25°6′2″N 51°18′54″E

Comment

This is weird. It flew to Germany from Singapore on the 26th. We've seen this before of other Singaporean Air Force MRTTs. I'm assuming this is for training. But this is special training indeed : a stop at XJD, the main US hub in the Gulf the main center of the Afghanistan evacuation effort.

I assume they will continue their trip back to Singapore in a while. They flew from their home base to SPM directly, but for some reason decided to stop at XJD on the way back. Military tourism ?

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