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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-10 / MD-11 / KC-10 Extender
    Latest Model:KC-10A Extender
    Last Military Serial:85-0029 USAF
    Construction Number:48234
    Compressed ID:McDD KC-10A sn 85-0029 USAF cn 4823...
    Latest Owner or Location:309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC)

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a KC-10A by McDonnell Douglas.

    8 July 1985

    First flight.

    4 September 1985

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 85-0029.

    4 September 1985

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

    Circa September 1985

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

    From By May 1988 to April 1991

    Transferred to 68th Air Refueling Wing, Seymour Johnson AFB, NC.
    Unit inactivated April 1991.

    By May 1990

    Markings Applied: GHOST RIDER

    19 May 1990


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Chicago OHare ANG/AFR Base open house -- Thunderstorms and rain all day.

    From Circa August 1990 to Circa March 1991

    Flew missions in support of Operation Desert Storm.

    Circa April 1991

    Transferred to 60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis AFB, CA.

    By 2008

    Transferred to 6th Air Refueling Squadron, 60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis AFB, CA.

    1 May 2024

    Assigned to Travis AFB, CA for storage.

    9 May 2024

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC).
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    Internet Sources
     Desert Storm by Jakub Cikhart
    Douglas Commercial Airliners by Michael J. Carter
    Jet Photos
    Plane Pictures.net
    Plane Spotters by Thomas Noack
    RZJets
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    USAF KC-10A Aircraft Locator
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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