A400M belgas podrían participar en la logística de la última ayuda a Ucrania: https://militarnyi.com/en/news/belgium-invests-140-million-euros-in-ukrainian-air-defense/
A400M repostando a Caracal: https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/stories/2025-07-airbus-a400mh225m-a-winning-duo
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Airbus had already demonstrated the A400M’s ability to refuel helicopters in flight. Still, moving from an industrial qualification to a military qualification can take several months or even years. For the French Air Force, this process began in June 2023 with preliminary tests carried out by the Air Warfare Centre (Centre d’Expertise Aérien Militaire) and the French Defence procurement Agency (DGA). Two further test campaigns followed in February and March 2024. In early 2025, the capability was deemed fully mature, and the Air and Space Force is now authorised to refuel its H225M Caracal helicopters in flight from its A400Ms in operations. France will eventually have five helicopter refuelling kits that can be adapted for the A400M. “Giving the A400M this capability was a remarkable achievement,” explains Lieutenant Colonel Nicolas, A400M officer for the French Air and Space Force. “Imagine an aircraft with a maximum weight of 140 tonnes flying close to its stall speed of 110 knots so that it can match a helicopter’s speed.”
According to the Air Force pilot, it is the A400M’s excellent electronic flight controls that make this feat possible. Airbus had to update the A400M’s flight control systems to adapt them to this very specific flight regime. The refuelling pods and handles were also specially adapted for helicopters. With the A400M and H225M, the French Air and Space Force has projection capabilities that are virtually unmatched worldwide. This is all the more impressive given that the H225M can be loaded onto the A400M and deployed anywhere in the world in a matter of hours. The Air Force can therefore quickly deploy both aircraft to carry out operations deep behind enemy lines, whether that involves deploying commandos or recovering ejected pilots. These capabilities far exceed what was predicted in theory, as was clearly demonstrated very recently during Exercise Athena, which took place from 12 to 23 May 2025 and saw the winning A400M Atlas - H225M Caracal duo in action for the first time in such an exercise.
Tras rescatar al F-35 británico averiado en la India, un A400M trae al personal de vuelta a RU: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/month-kerala-airport-british-royal-navy-f-35b-fighter-jet-fly-out-bill-10139693/
