KC-10 marks 20 years of deployment, nearly 30 years of operations [Image 7 of 17]

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01.06.2010

Photo by Master Sgt. Scott Sturkol                                                                                        

Air Mobility Command

A KC-10 Extender deployed from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., returns from a combat air refueling mission at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia, Jan. 6, 2010. The KC-10, assigned to the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, is one of Air Mobility Command's air refueling aircraft deployed to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility that provides the "global reach" for Air Force and Department of Defense aircraft through air refueling operations for Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom and the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. On Jan. 17, 2011, the KC-10 marked 20 years of continuous deployment. Air Force KC-10 home stations are in only two places, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and Travis Air Force Base, Calif.

• Date Taken: 01.06.2010
• Date Posted: 01.19.2011 15:31
• Photo ID: 358951
• VIRIN: 100106-F-9429S-146
• Resolution: 2100x3156
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