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French Air Force Rafale C & USAF F-35A • Inflight Refuel

A U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron refuels French Air Force Rafale C and ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Air Crews Remember the Reliable KC-10 With Affection

After decades of service, a legendary tanker says farewell. Alan de Herrera A retired KC-10 Extender known as Excalibur awaits a six-day mothballing process at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, ...
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Largest USAF Aircraft C-5M Super Galaxy • Aerial Refuel OPS

Cockpit view from C-5M Super Galaxy, and boom operator view from KC-10 Extender air tanker... during an aerial refueling ...
Flightglobal

Washington prepares to close bidding on auction of retired KC-10 tankers

For those with dreams of owning their own fleet of aerial refuellers, the opportunity of a lifetime is about to close. The Pentagon is selling 10 of its retired Boeing KC-10 Extender tankers via ...
The National Interest

Why the Air Force Is Expanding Aerial Refueling Duties to Private Contractors

The Air Mobility Command (AMC) is a late hold-out. The KDC-10 had previously been contracted to refuel Air Force aircraft including the F-15, F-16, F-22, B-52, and MC-130J. For the first time ever, ...
The Aviationist

Air Mobility Command C-17 Completes First Commercial Air-to-Air Refuel

On Apr. 10, 2025, a C-17 from Joint Base Lewis-McChord became the first in the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command to take fuel from a commercially contracted KDC-10B. Omega Air Refueling, based in ...