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KC-10 Extender tail #86-0036 performs its final mission as it heads of to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., following a July 13 ceremony at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., that marked the first retirement of 59 Extenders intended for eventual replacement by the KC-46A Pegasus. A total of three KC-10s from the Air Force’s Backup-Aircraft Inventory were congressionally approved for retirement during Fiscal Year 2020. As KC-10s are retired, the 309th AMARG will continue to support the remaining Extenders with spare parts as they are flown for several years while the KC-46A Pegasus is integrated into Air Mobility Command’s Total Force tanker enterprise. For nearly four decades, the KC-10 has helped secure global reach for America, providing in- flight refueling to U.S. and coalition aircraft, from Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm to Operation Inherent Resolve. The KC- 10 is flown from JBMDL by both the 305th AMW and its associate Air Force Reserve unit, the 514th AMW.

Final KC-10 Extender Tanker Flies Into Retirement

By Thomas Newdick
Sep 26 3:15 PM EDT
The U.S. Air Force recently awarded contracts to two companies for work on SHARK 'buddy store' podded aerial refueling systems able to work with aircraft that use the boom method to get gas in flight.

Aerial Refueling Boom Pods That Could Go On F-15s In The Works

By Joseph Trevithick
Sep 3 1:19 PM EDT
KC-46 and F-15E had an incident resulting in the loss of the tanker's boom

Audio Reveals Details Of KC-46 And F-15E Refueling Incident That Broke The Tanker’s Boom Off

By Thomas Newdick
Aug 23 4:14 PM EDT
KC-46 Airfield Marking Pattern

KC-46 Expands Its Austere Airfield Capabilities, Could Include Roadways In Future

By Emma Helfrich
Mar 3 8:09 PM EST
KC-46 Tanker Spotted With Puzzling Whitewashed Belly (Updated)

KC-46 Tanker Spotted With Puzzling Whitewashed Belly (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Aug 26 4:36 PM EDT
Boom KC46 Landing

KC-46 Tanker Made Emergency Landing With Its Boom Deployed (Updated)

By Emma Helfrich
Aug 24 7:33 PM EDT
KC-46 single pilot operations

Single Pilot KC-46 Tanker Operations Eyed By Air Force For Major Conflicts

By Joseph Trevithick
Jul 18 4:34 PM EDT
KC-46A aircraft assigned to the 157th Air Refueling Wing perform an elephant walk formation on the runway at Pease Air National Guard Base, Sept. 8, 2021.

KC-46 Tanker’s Recent “97 Percent” Milestone Isn’t The Whole Story

By Joseph Trevithick
Jun 5 4:01 PM EDT
KC-46 longest flight

KC-46 Crew Flies Air Mobility Command’s Longest Flight Ever

By Oliver Parken
May 10 12:44 PM EDT
E-4B ‘Doomsday Plane’ Dwarfs A KC-46 In These Stunning Refueling Shots

E-4B ‘Doomsday Plane’ Dwarfs A KC-46 In These Stunning Refueling Shots

By Emma Helfrich, Tyler Rogoway
Apr 29 7:14 PM EDT
KC-46 Tanker Shows It Can Rapidly Unload Tons Of Fuel To Thirsty Fighters At Austere Airstrips

KC-46 Tanker Shows It Can Rapidly Unload Tons Of Fuel To Thirsty Fighters At Austere Airstrips

By Thomas Newdick
Feb 16 4:43 AM EST
Plan To Fix Troubled KC-46 Tanker Risks Making Same Mistakes New Report Says

Plan To Fix Troubled KC-46 Tanker Risks Making Same Mistakes New Report Says

By Joseph Trevithick
Jan 27 8:25 PM EST
Israel’s Request To Speed Delivery Of KC-46 Tankers Critical For Striking Iran Denied

Israel’s Request To Speed Delivery Of KC-46 Tankers Critical For Striking Iran Denied

By Joseph Trevithick
Dec 15 10:57 AM EST
A Plastic Cap In A KC-46’s Fuel Valve Generates More Turbulence For The Troubled Tanker

A Plastic Cap In A KC-46’s Fuel Valve Generates More Turbulence For The Troubled Tanker

By Brian O’Rourke and Joseph Trevithick
Sep 27 8:53 PM EDT
Lockheed Is Bringing Back The Airbus A330 Tanker To Compete Against Boeing

Lockheed Is Bringing Back The Airbus A330 Tanker To Compete Against Boeing

By Joseph Trevithick
Sep 17 6:19 PM EDT
KC-46A’s Long-Troubled Vision System Can’t Even Reliably Show The End Of The Refueling Boom

KC-46A’s Long-Troubled Vision System Can’t Even Reliably Show The End Of The Refueling Boom

By Thomas Newdick
May 27 3:16 PM EDT