On this day in 1981, the McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender entered in service in the US air force at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana. Derived from the DC-10-30 long haul airliner, the KC-10 was the first tanker to have a deported command console for the refueling probe, the officer observing the refueled planes through a camera. Sixty were built

#onthisdayinaviation , 2010 , aviation , DC-10 , Douglas , Extender , KC-10 , Michigan , Thunder over Michigan , USA , Willow Run , Ypsilanti

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Robin MORET

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Saturday 7 August 2010

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Sunday 17 March 2019

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