Story by Alun Thomas | Defense Contract Management Agency | 05.20.2025
Surplus property successfully disposed of following decommissioning of KC-10.
Courtesy Story | 60th Air Mobility Wing | 09.26.2024
Team Travis members, veterans, military and local community leaders gathered to bid farewell to the last U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender and commemorated the aircraft’s rich history in a ceremony Sept. 26, 2024....
Story by Airman 1st Class Karalyn Degraffenreed | 97th Air Mobility Wing | 04.23.2024
Airmen from the Altus Boom Association hosted the 44th Annual Boom Operator Symposium at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, April 19-20, 2024....
Story by Master Sgt. Traci Keller | 60th Air Mobility Wing | 01.11.2024
As the U.S. Air Force continues to downsize its fleet of KC-10 Extender aircraft, the 60th Air Mobility Wing -- the last active-duty wing to operate the aircraft -- said farewell to one particularly special tail....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Alexander Frank | 378th Air Expeditionary Wing | 10.06.2023
In a ceremony on October 4th, 2023, history was made as the KC-10 aerial refueling aircraft, assigned to the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), was officially deactivated. The event marked the end of an era in military aviation and highlighted the changing landscape of air power in the 21st century. The KC-10 Extender has been a stalwart workhorse in the United States Air......
Story by Tech. Sgt. Philip Bryant | 60th Air Mobility Wing | 06.22.2023
A group of instructors in the 373rd Training Squadron (TRS), Detachment 14, completed their final KC-10 Extender Maintenance Field Training Instruction Class at Travis AFB, May 2023, cementing their place in history and closing the chapter on a remarkable aircraft....
Story by Senior Airman Sergio Avalos | Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst | 06.22.2023
JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – The 305th and 514th Air Mobility Wings bid farewell to KC-10 tail number 84-0188 on June 21 and 22, 2023, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The farewell ceremonies commemorated the 33-year legacy of the KC-10 and marked the ending of the KC-10 fleet for the joint base....
Story by Master Sgt. Traci Keller | 60th Air Mobility Wing | 02.10.2023
For the first time at Travis AFB, a mixed formation of seven U.S. Air Force KC-10 and KC-46 tanker aircraft took off in tactical formation in order to conduct an integrated mission sortie for advanced tanker training on Feb. 8....
