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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-10 / MD-11 / KC-10 Extender
    Latest Model:KC-10A Extender
    Last Military Serial:87-0124 USAF
    Construction Number:48310
    Last Civil Registration:N6204N
    Compressed ID:McDD KC-10A sn 87-0124 USAF cn 4831...
    Latest Owner or Location:309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC)

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    Dates

    Event

    1988

    Constructed as a KC-10A by McDonnell Douglas.

    1988

    To McDonnell Douglas, Yuma, AZ with new c/r N6204N.

    May 1988

    First flight.

    30 September 1988

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 87-0124.

    30 September 1988

    Loaned to McDonnell Douglas, Yuma, AZ.
    Tested with British hose drum pods under wings.

    From 1 November 1988 to 22 April 1991

    Returned from loan to 68th Air Refueling Wing, Seymour Johnson AFB, NC.
    Markings changed to: SJ
    68th inactivated on 4/22/91.

    From Circa August 1990 to Circa March 1991

    Flew missions in support of Operation Desert Storm.

    From By 22 April 1991 to July 1997

    Transferred to 4th Wing, Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC.
    Operated with markings: Spirit of Kitty Hawk

    25 May 1991


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: This Extender named Spirit of Kitty Hawk from the 4th Wing at Seymour-Johnson AFB attended the 1991 RAF Mildenhall Air Fete.

    18 July 1997


    Photographer: C Peter Russell-Smith
    Notes: Photographed at RAF Fairford.

    By 19 July 1997

    Transferred to 2nd Air Refueling Squadron/305th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire AFB, NJ.

    19 July 1997

    Attended the International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.

    19 July 1997


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: KC-10A Extender, callsign Reach 7124, of 2nd Air Refuelling Squadron at McGuire AFB on display at the 1997 Intnl Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.

    By 2003

    Transferred to 32nd Air Refueling Squadron/305th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire AFB, NJ.

    10 May 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: 35mm slides photographed at Patterson Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, during the 100th Anniversary of Flight celebration.

    10 May 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: 35mm slides photographed at Patterson Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, during the 100th Anniversary of Flight celebration.

    10 May 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: 35mm slides photographed at Patterson Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, during the 100th Anniversary of Flight celebration.

    By July 2009

    Transferred to 2nd Air Refueling Squadron/305th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire AFB, NJ.
    305th AMW pairs with 514th AMW.

    17 March 2021

    Permanently withdrawn from use.

    26 April 2021

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC).


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    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Desert Storm by Jakub Cikhart
    Plane Spotters by Thomas Noack
    RZJets
    Touchdown Aviation
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Peter Nicholson

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