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Airframe Family:	Douglas DC-10 / MD-11 / KC-10 Extender
Latest Model:	KC-10A Extender
Last Military Serial:	84-0191 USAF
Construction Number:	48230
Latest Owner or Location:	National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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Dates		Event
7 March 1985		Constructed as a KC-10A by McDonnell Douglas. Aircraft roll out
22 April 1985		Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 84-0191.
April 1985		Transferred to 6th Aerial Refueling Squadron/60th Air Mobiliy Wing, Travis AFB, CA. Operated with markings: 60th AMW, 349th AMW Associated with 349th AMW.
April 1986		During Operation El Dorado Canyon, serving as the mother ship for USAF F-111s whose target was the command center for a Libyan terrorist network in Tripoli. For the first time since WWII, US aircraft took off from Royal Air Force bases in the United Kingdom for a bombing mission. The KC-10s large fuel capacity allowed the strike force aircraft to refuel eight times during the mission. The raid proved the USs capabilities for long-range precision strikes.
15 July 2006		Photographer: Ken Videan Notes: At RIAT Fairford.
15 April 2024		Ferry flight. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH. View the Location Dossier
15 April 2024		Photographer: NMUSAF Notes: On fly-by at NMUSAF prior to landing.
15 April 2024		Photographer: NMUSAF Notes: Inbound on approach to Wright Field
15 April 2024

		This airframe dossier was started by a contributor. An preliminary review of the submitted data is pending. If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.

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United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

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Peter Nicholson
Ken Videan

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