page_title: McDonnell Douglas
section_title: 1970–1980
hierarchical_section_title: McDonnell Douglas / History / 1970–1980
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Eine McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender der USAF betankt eine F-16.English: An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 40th Flight Test Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, refuels from a KC-10 Extender during Air &amp; Space Power Expo '99. The Expo was put on for Congress to show how ready the US Air Force is for the next millenium. An F-15 Eagle and another F-16 Fighting Falcon are pictured in the background.
context_page_description: McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturing corporation and defense contractor formed by the merger of McDonnell Aircraft and the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1967. Between then and its own merger with Boeing in 1997, it produced a number of well-known commercial and military aircraft such as the DC-10 airliner, the F-15 Eagle air superiority fighter, and F/A-18 Hornet multirole fighter.
  The corporation was based at St. Louis Lambert International Airport near St. Louis, Missouri, while the headquarters for its subsidiary, the McDonnell Douglas Technical Services Company, were established in unincorporated St. Louis County, Missouri.
context_section_description: In 1977, the next generation of DC-9 variants, dubbed the "Super 80" (later renamed the MD-80) series, was launched.
  In 1977, the KC-10 Extender was the second McDonnell Douglas transport aircraft to be selected for use by the US Air Force; the first being the C-9 Nightingale/Skytrain II.
  Through the years of the Cold War McDonnell Douglas had introduced and manufactured dozens of successful military aircraft, including the F-15 Eagle in 1974, the F/A-18 Hornet in 1978, and other products such as the Harpoon and Tomahawk missiles. The oil crisis of the 1970s was a serious shock to the commercial aviation industry, as a major manufacturer of commercial aircraft at the time, McDonnell Douglas was hit by the economic shift and forced to contract heavily while diversifying into new areas to reduce the impact of potential future downturns.
caption: KC-10 Extender during refueling
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