Story by Senior Airman Alexander Merchak | 60th Air Mobility Wing | 12.18.2023
An aircrew from the 22nd Airlift Squadron conducted a reverse flow air refueling training with a C-5M Super Galaxy and a KC-10 Extender over Northern California and Oregon, Dec. 12, 2023....
Story by Senior Airman Alexander Merchak | 60th Air Mobility Wing | 12.07.2023
Aircrew from the 6th Air Refueling Squadron facilitated a base tour and an incentive flight on a KC-10 Extender with cadets assigned to Air Force ROTC Detachment 045 from San Jose State University, Dec. 1, 2023....
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 Rossi Pedroza-Bertrand | 349th Air Mobility Wing | 03.09.2023
70th Air Refueling Squadron flies one of its Travis Air Force Base, KC-10A Extenders to Davis-Monthan for it final flight and retirement after four decades of flight. The crew, flight engineers, flight tester and the 349 AMW Mobility Wing commander were on the final voyage....
Story by Senior Airman Matt Porter | Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst | 10.14.2022
JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Mobility Airmen that answer the call to serve at the Department of Defense’s only tri-service base learn to make an ally of resiliency. For Senior Airman Austin Sondergard, a crew chief with the 605th aircraft maintenance squadron, recovering from a life-threatening condition meant waging a war of attrition against his own mind and body. His......
Story by Senior Airman Alexander Merchak | 60th Air Mobility Wing | 07.15.2022
Airmen from the 9th Air Refueling Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, California, provided emergency aeromedical evacuation of a patient, May 23, 2022, from Osan Air Base, Korea, to Kelly Field, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Patrick Evenson | 378th Air Expeditionary Wing | 04.10.2022
Lt. Col. Lindsey Bauer, relinquished command of the 908th EARS to Lt. Col. Mark Melin during a change of command ceremony at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on April 10....
