A KC-10 Extender from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron takes off for a combat air mission in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility during operations at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia, April 5. The KC-10s deployed to Southwest Asia with the 908th EARS and the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing are from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and Travis Air Force Base, Calif. The KC-10 is the Air Force's largest tanker and in 2009, aircraft assigned to the 908th EARS flew more than 4,700 combat missions offloading more than 422 million pounds of fuel to more than 31,400 aircraft.