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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-10 / MD-11 / KC-10 Extender
    Latest Model:KC-10A Extender
    Last Military Serial:79-1946 USAF
    Construction Number:48206
    Compressed ID:McDD KC-10A sn 79-1946 USAF cn 4820...
    Latest Owner or Location:309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC)

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    Dates

    Event

    February 1982

    Constructed as a KC-10A by McDonnell Douglas.

    10 February 1982

    First flight.

    26 May 1982

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 79-1946.

    26 May 1982

    Transferred to 660th Aircraft Generation Squadron/60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis AFB, CA.

    Circa June 1982

    Transferred to 9th Air Refueling Squadron/22nd Air Refueling Wing, March AFB, CA.

    24 July 1982


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Dayton, OH

    24 July 1982


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Dayton, OH

    1 September 1994

    Transferred to 9th Air Refueling Squadron/60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis AFB, CA.

    2002


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At NAS Fort Worth JRB, TX. Open House.

    From By May 2008 to December 2023

    Transferred to 60th Air Mobility Wing/349th Air Mobility Wing, Travis AFB, CA.
    Operated with markings: TRAVIS, AMC

    July 2015


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Field Aerospace, Will Rogers World Airport, OK

    22 December 2023

    Permanently withdrawn from use.

    11 January 2024

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC).
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    Internet Sources
     Douglas Commercial Airliners by Michael J. Carter
    Jet Photos
    Plane Spotters by Thomas Noack
    RZJets
    Wikipedia
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Tom Tessier
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