page_title: McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender
section_title: Operators
hierarchical_section_title: McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender / Operators
context_page_description: The McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender is an aerial refueling tanker aircraft operated by the United States Air Force. A military version of the three-engined DC-10 airliner, the KC-10 was developed from the Advanced Tanker Cargo Aircraft Program. It incorporates military-specific equipment for its primary roles of transport and aerial refueling. It was developed to supplement the KC-135 Stratotanker following experiences in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. The KC-10 was the second McDonnell Douglas transport aircraft to be selected by the Air Force following the C-9. A total of 60 KC-10s were produced for the USAF. The Royal Netherlands Air Force operates two similar tankers designated KDC-10 that were converted from DC-10s.
  The KC-10 plays a key role in the mobilization of US military assets, taking part in overseas operations far from home. These aircraft performed airlift and aerial refueling during the 1986 bombing of Libya, the 1990–91 Gulf War with Iraq, the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, War in Afghanistan, and Iraq War. The KC-10 is expected to serve until 2043.
context_section_description:  United States
  United States Air Force – 58 KC-10 aircraft in use as of July 2020
  Strategic Air Command
  2d Bomb Wing – Barksdale AFB, Louisiana 1981–1992
  2d Air Refueling Squadron 1989–1992
  32d Air Refueling Squadron 1981–1992
  4th Wing – Seymour-Johnson AFB, North Carolina 1991–1992
  344th Air Refueling Squadron
  911th Air Refueling Squadron
  22d Air Refueling Wing – March AFB, California 1982–1992
  6th Air Refueling Squadron 1989–1992
  9th Air Refueling Squadron 1982–1992
  22d Air Refueling Squadron 1982–89
  68th Air Refueling Group/Wing – Seymour-Johnson AFB 1982–1991
  344th Air Refueling Squadron 1986–1991
  911th Air Refueling Squadron 1982–1991
  802d Air Refueling Wing – Lajes Air Base, Azores 1990–1991
  802d Air Refueling Squadron
  1709th Air Refueling Wing – King Abdul Aziz Air Base, Saudi Arabia 1990–1991
  1710th Air Refueling Squadron
  Air Mobility Command
  22d Air Refueling Wing – March AFB 1992–1994
  6th Air Refueling Squadron
  9th Air Refueling Squadron
  458th Operations Group – Barksdale AFB 1992–1994
  2d Air Refueling Squadron
  32d Air Refueling Squadron
  4th Operations Group – Seymour-Johnson AFB 1992–1994
  344th Air Refueling Squadron
  911th Air Refueling Squadron
  60th Air Mobility Wing – Travis AFB, California 1994–present
  6th Air Refueling Squadron 1995–present
  9th Air Refueling Squadron 1994–present
  305th Air Mobility Wing – McGuire AFB, New Jersey 1994–present
  2d Air Refueling Squadron
  32d Air Refueling Squadron
  380th Air Expeditionary Wing – Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates 2002–present
  908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron
  722d Air Refueling Wing – March AFB 1994–1996
  6th Air Refueling Squadron 1994–1996
  9th Air Refueling Squadron 1994
  Air Force Reserve Command
  98th Air Refueling Group (Associate) – Barksdale AFB 1987–1994
  78th Air Refueling Squadron
  452d Air Refueling Wing (Associate) – March AFB 1981–1995
  78th Air Refueling Squadron 1981–1987
  79th Air Refueling Squadron 1982–1995
  349th Air Mobility Wing (Associate) – Travis AFB 1994–present
  70th Air Refueling Squadron 1994–present
  79th Air Refueling Squadron 1995–present
  514th Air Mobility Wing (Associate) – McGuire AFB 1994–present
  76th Air Refueling Squadron
  78th Air Refueling Squadron
  916th Air Refueling Group (Associate) – Seymour-Johnson 1985–1994
  77th Air Refueling Squadron
   Netherlands
  Royal Netherlands Air Force operates 2 KDC-10s.
  334th Squadron – Eindhoven Airport
caption: A KC-10 (right foreground) and C-17 (left background) at Avalon Airport, Australia, for the 2005 Australian International Airshow
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