USAF Flies First KC-10 Into Retirement

KC-10
Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force retired the first tanker in the KC-10 fleet on July 13 by flying the 32-year-old aircraft to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona. The arrival of the first KC-10 with serial number 86-0036 at the “boneyard” begins a five-year...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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