Metrea
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Metrea (Formerly Meta Aerospace) is a military contractor based in the United States which provides air logistics and surveillance, electronic and cyberwarfare services support to militaries in the US, Canada, NATO and allied countries.
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History
The ServiCenter, Inc was founded in the 1950s at Wiley Post Airport in Oklahoma City for aircraft maintenance. It was renamed Valair Aviation by AGC Aerospace & Defense in December 2009[1] before changing its name and expanding its services.
The current iteration was formed on August 26, 2016.[2]
The head of the Air & Space Group is Jon T. Thomas, former lieutenant general of the US Air Force.[3]
As of February 2025, it operated 15 Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker.[4]
4 aircraft were purchased from the Republic of Singapore Air Force when the latter retired them in 2019. They were delivered in late 2020.[5] and 11 additional aircraft were purchased from the French Air and Space Force in June 2024, with 3 more pending delivery.[6]
On February 6, 2025, a Beechcraft B300 King Air 350 Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance light aircraft from Metrea crashed in the town of Ampatuan on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines during a routine mission supporting U.S.-Philippine security cooperation activities. The three Metrea employees and one American soldier on board died.[7]
On 28 March 2025, the Indian Ministry of Defence signed a contract with Metrea Management to supply one KC-135 Flight Refuelling Aircraft (FRA) to the Indian Air Force (IAF) within six months for training pilots of IAF and the Indian Navy for in-flight refuelling.[8]
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