U.S. Air Force McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender.
The KC-10 Extender was originally developed by the US Air Force to complement the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker. This aircraft was deemed unsuitable for some tasks following incidents in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. After the DC-9, the DC-10 was the second McDonnell Douglas transport aircraft to be further developed by the US Air Force. A total of 60 KC-10s were produced for the US Air Force. For the United States, the KC-10 played an important role in participating in far-flung overseas operations. In October 2024, the last KC-10 of the U.S. Air Force will be retired from service.
This photo was taken on 16 July 2018 during the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…