Historic KC-10 to retire at Dover Air Mobility Command Museum
DOVER — The first KC-10 Extender ever put into production is scheduled to retire to the Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover Air Force Base on Tuesday.
Col. Shanon Anderson, 436th Airlift …
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Historic KC-10 to retire at Dover Air Mobility Command Museum
DOVER — The first KC-10 Extender ever put into production is scheduled to retire to the Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover Air Force Base on Tuesday.
Col. Shanon Anderson, 436th Airlift Wing vice wing commander, will give remarks at an arrival ceremony scheduled for the aircraft landing.
Tail 79-0433 was the first KC-10 built and flown as a demonstrator aircraft in July 1980.
The aircraft was also a prototype for testing both aircraft and air refu-eling systems on nearly every aircraft in the Air Force’s inventory.
“The McDonnell Douglas KC-10A [Extender] marks the pinnacle of a long history of air refueling in the U.S. Air Force,” said John Taylor, AMC Museum director. “The AMC Museum is the prime location for such an aircraft and will enable the museum to exhibit in its entirety over 60 years of strategic and tactical air refueling history alongside a KB-50, KC-97 and KC-135.”
