The KC-10 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-l0's primary mission is aerial refueling, it can combine the tasks of a tanker and cargo aircraft by refueling fighters and simultaneously carry the fighter support personnel and equipment on overseas deployments. The KC-10 is also capable of transporting litter and ambulatory patients using patient support pallets during... read more
The KC-10 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-l0's primary mission is aerial refueling, it can combine the tasks of a tanker and cargo aircraft by refueling fighters and simultaneously carry the fighter support personnel and equipment on overseas deployments. The KC-10 is also capable of transporting litter and ambulatory patients using patient support pallets during aeromedical evacuations.
Assigned Units:
305th AMW / Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey
514th AMW / Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey
60th AMW / Travis AFB, California
349th AMW / Travis AFB
Fact Sheet: http://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104520/kc-10-extender/ show less
