70K views · 2K reactions | McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender DC-10-30CF USAF at departure. | Aero Admirers | Facebook

2.1K views · 101 reactions | A McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender US Airforce refuelling tanker landing at Prestwick this morning to join its twin plus two USAF Boeing KC-135 stratotankers. There was also a Kuwait airforce plane there. A KAF343 Boeing C-17A Globemaster. If I didn’t say it was Prestwick it could be any war zone on the planet 樂 The wee Ryan Air Boeing 737 full of returning sunburnt Scots from Malaga looked well out of place. | Girvan | Facebook

2.9K views · 98 reactions | Video shows the interior of a KC-10...

Get a bird’s eye view as the KC-10 Extender refuels a U.S. Navy EA-18G “Growler” while flying over Syria. Air Mobility Command's KC-10 Extenders have a mission to increase global mobility for U.S. armed forces. The KC-10 has three large fuel tanks under the cargo floor -- under the forward lower cargo compartment, in the center wing area and under the rear compartment. Combined, the capacity of the six tanks carries more than 356,000 pounds of fuel, almost twice as much as the KC-135 Stratotanke