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Summary
KC-10 Extender tail #86-0036 performs its
final mission as it heads of to the 309th
Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration
Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.,
following a July 13 ceremony at Joint Base
McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., that marked the
first retirement of 59 Extenders intended for
eventual replacement by the KC-46A Pegasus.
A total of three KC-10s from the Air Force’s
Backup-Aircraft Inventory were
congressionally approved for retirement
during Fiscal Year 2020. As KC-10s are retired,
the 309th AMARG will continue to support the
remaining Extenders with spare parts as they
are flown for several years while the KC-46A
Pegasus is integrated into Air Mobility
Command’s Total Force tanker enterprise. For
nearly four decades, the KC-10 has helped
secure global reach for America, providing in-
flight refueling to U.S. and coalition aircraft,
from Operations Desert Shield and Desert
Storm to Operation Inherent Resolve. The KC-
10 is flown from JBMDL by both the 305th
AMW and its associate Air Force Reserve unit,
the 514th AMW. (U.S. Air Force photo by
Master Sergeant Joseph A. Vigil)