The US Air Force retires its final KC-10 Extender, closing a chapter in global air mobility and refuelling capabilities while ushering in a new era with the KC-46A Pegasus. GlobalData.

The U.S. Air Force plans to retire the KC-10 by Sept. 30, 2024. Reflecting this, the fleet is now down into the low single figures, with only Travis Air Force Base in California still operating ...

The KC-10 entered service in 1981 to become the largest tanker in the USAF fleet, capable of carrying more than 356,000 lb (161,479 kg) of fuel (of which it could transfer up to 200,000 lb) or ...

A KC-46 tanker lost its boom during an F-22 refueling mission, adding to safety concerns around the aircraft's troubled boom ...

The KC-10 had the ability to fly at speeds of 619 mph (996 kph) and at a maximum altitude of 42,000 feet (12,727 meters). It could reach places located 4,400 miles (7,000 km) from its departure ...

A business unit of L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) has won a nine-year, $1.9 billion contract to provide contractor logistics support for Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) KC/KDC-10 in-air refueling aircraft ...

Northrop Grumman™s (NYSE: NOC) technical services business has received two separate contracts worth $54.1 million and $42.3 million from the U.S. Air Force to provide engine overhaul services ...

Photographs that leaked online showed extensive damage to the KC-46's refueling boom, with its metal ripped and twisted and a ...

The US Air Force (USAF) retired its last KC-10 in September 2024, as the service phased out the Cold War-era Extenders in favour of Boeing’s 767-based KC-46 Pegasus tanker design. After entering ...

The U.S. Air Force retired the first tanker in the KC-10 fleet on July 13 by flying the 32-year-old aircraft to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) at Davis-Monthan AFB ...

Crews of the U.S. Air Force’s KC-10 Extender fleet attended the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford to show off their aircraft to British crowds one final time before the type’s ...