After more than four decades during which it provided vital inflight refueling and airlift, the U.S. Air Force’s venerable KC-10A Extender has flown its last combat mission. While the Air Force ...

The KC-10A Extender is an Air Mobility Command advanced tanker and cargo aircraft designed to provide increased global mobility for U.S. armed forces. Although the KC-l0A's primary mission is aerial ...

The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force welcomed the KC-10A Extender Monday, a tanker and cargo aircraft that will become part of the museum’s permanent collection. Retired Lt. Col. James Aaron flew ...

The world’s skies will be a little less sexy starting next year. The Air Force on Sept. 1, 2024, will retire its fleet of KC-10A Extenders, aerial refuelers that can also transport troops or cargo, an ...

The last U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender was decommissioned after 44 years of service during a final farewell ceremony Thursday at Travis Air Force Base in California. Service members, veterans, ...

On September 26, 2024, the U.S. Air Force’s last KC-10 Extender took off from Travis Air Force Base, California, for long-term storage at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. In a farewell ceremony ...

A C-5M Super Galaxy successfully reverse-refueled a KC-10 Extender, demonstrating a new emergency readiness procedure. This method allows for more tankers to be available for refueling fighter or ...

The KC-10 Extender has officially been retired from the US Air Force after more than four decades of service. In a ceremony at Travis Air Force Base, leaders and veterans celebrated the aircraft's ...

For 40 years, the KC-10—a.k.a. “Big Sexy”—has provided unparalleled refueling and cargo capability for the U.S. Air Force. With the arrival of the KC-46 Pegasus, refueling squadrons are phasing out ...

On a dreary gray day in late June, Joint Base McGuire-Dix Lakehurst (JB MDL) sadly said goodbye to a true U.S. Air Force legend and workhorse. Tail number 84-0188, one of sixty KC-10s that has served ...

In the summer of last year, the House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee approved the U.S. Air Force’s request to remove from service 14 KC-10 Extenders by the end of fiscal ...