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, ...
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 ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Boeing loses KC-10 mainenance contract The U.S. Air Force changes course, chooses Northrop Grumman for the 9-year, $3.8 billion deal.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Northrop Grumman Corp. beat out the Boeing Co. for a $3.8 billion contract to provide logistics support and maintenance to the ...
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Training Day: C-130, C-5, KC-10, C-17 | 21x Military Aviation Planespotting Ramstein

Witness a high-powered day of military training operations at Ramstein Air Base, featuring 21 thrilling aircraft movements from the world’s most iconic military planes. From the versatile C-130 ...
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 ...