Omega developed the first commercial aerial refueling aircraft in 1999 and has provided aerial refueling services under contract to the
United States Navy since 2001. The company has also been engaged to support
Royal Australian Air Force training exercises due to delays in delivery of
KC-30A tankers. In addition, Omega Air Refueling states it has been contracted to support deployments by the
Royal Air Force and the
Royal Canadian Air Force. On April 22, 2015, one of Omega's KC-707s refueled a
Northrop Grumman X-47B. The US Navy told the media this was the first time an
unmanned aerial vehicle had been refueled in flight. In November 2019, it was announced that two
KDC-10 Tankers from the
Royal Netherlands Air Force would be acquired, and as such additional capacity would be added, including '
boom capability' in addition to the existing '
hose and drogue' of the existing fleet. The aircraft were bought in 1995 by the RNLAF from
Martinair as
civilian DC-10 passenger airliners. The planes were converted to
tanker aircraft. Because the planes were getting older and the
RNLAF bought two
A330 MRTT from
Airbus, they sold their older tankers to Omega Air Refueling. The first of the two tankers that were sold, T-264 Prins Bernard, departed on Monday, November 4, 2019, from
Eindhoven Air Base in the Netherlands. ==Fleet==