A widebody aircraft, the KC-10 offered a significantly greater fuel and cargo payload than the KC-135, and was also designed with an integrated hose and drogue refueling system, alongside a ...

A KC-46 tanker lost its boom during an F-22 refueling mission, adding to safety concerns around the aircraft's troubled boom system.

The KC-10 (technically the KC-10A Extender) may seem like an odd choice for retirement— after all, it’s nearly 30 years younger than the KC-135 and it can haul nearly twice as much fuel ...

The KC-10 is also much younger than the KC-135, ... KC-10 pilots Lt. Col. Stewart Welch and retired Col. David LeRoy wrote in 2019 for War on the Rocks that the 2013 U.S. budget sequestration ...

The KC-10 can carry more than 356,000 pounds of fuel, (almost twice as much as the KC-135, and nearly 170,000 pounds of cargo, which nearly equals the C-17.

Along with the KC-135, the KC-10 conducted over 51,000 separate refueling operations and delivered 125 million gallons of fuel; not a single scheduled rendezvous was missed.

The last KC-10 Extender tanker jet is scheduled to retire in September 2024. ... The KC-135 Stratotanker has faced years of flight restrictions as the service tries to fix malfunctioning autopilot ...

After more than 40 years of service, the US Air Force is retiring its final Boeing KC-10 Extender aerial refueller, ... compared to more than 70 KC-46s and over 370 Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers.

The deal saw 14 of France’s KC-135 tankers transferred to Metrea, including both the C-135FR and C-135RG variants. The company declined to reveal the purchase price.

A spokesperson for the 185th Air Refueling Wing said, in a statement, the Iowa Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker air refueling aircraft experienced a nose landing at Sioux Gateway at 2:37pm ...

A widebody aircraft, the KC-10 offered a significantly greater fuel and cargo payload than the KC-135, and was also designed with an integrated hose and drogue refueling system, alongside a ...