A KC-10 Extender is parked on the ramp as a C-5M Super Galaxy takes off at Travis Air Force Base, California, March 16, 2017. (Hum Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Previous ...

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At the end of September 2024, the last of the U.S. Air Force’s (USAF) KC-10 Extender heavy aerial refueling aircraft made its final flight to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group ...

The Air Force awarded Boeing a $2.4 billion contract Thursday to buy 15 more KC-46A Pegasus refueling tankers. The KC-46 award, which covers the tankers’ 11th lot, will bring the number Boeing ...

watch our tour of the kc-46! Video by mike killian The folks at McConnell AFB are writing the book on KC-46 maintenance America’s tanker fleet is aging quickly. Earlier this year the KC-10 flew its ...

Just last month, in a ceremony at Travis Air Force Base (AFB) the United States Air Force sent its last KC-10 to the Boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. (These aircraft might be resuscitated ...

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) — Team Travis members, veterans, military and local community leaders gathered to bid farewell to the last U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender and commemorated ...

Air Force kicks off $3.7B business transformation recompete An Air Force KC-10 Extenders line tarmac in February 2023 at Travis Air Force Base, California. Air Force Photo by Heide Couch ...

The final flight and future preservation As the last KC-10 Extender took off from Travis Air Force Base during a farewell ceremony, it marked the culmination of years of dedicated service. The ...

Based on the McDonnell Douglas DC-10, the KC-10 Extender served as an Air Mobility Command tanker and cargo aircraft. It was developed in the 1970s to provide greater global mobility for the U.S ...

In a 26 September 2024 ceremony, Travis Air Force Base bid farewell to the KC-10 Extender, marking the end of a 44-year chapter of aerial refuelling. Team Travis members, veterans, military leaders, ...

As the final base to operate the KC-10, Travis AFB had the honor of bidding farewell to the aircraft after its 44 years of service. (Kenneth Abbate/U.S. Air Force) ...