Dates

Event

Constructed as a KC-10A by McDonnell Douglas.
1st KC-10 built.

12 July 1980

First flight.

29 July 1980

To McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Long Beach, CA with new c/r N110KC.

22 September 1981

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 79-0433.

1 October 1981

To 4200th Test Squadron, Barksdale AFB, LA.

15 October 1981

Civil registration, N110KC, cancelled.

December 1981

Transferred to 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, LA.

29 May 1982

Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: at RAF Mildenhall Air Fete 82

11 September 1982

Photographer: Paul Thallon
Notes: 1982 photo at Farnborough - of a USAF McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender

Circa 1987

Photographer: John Winter via Fargo Air Museum

By March 1987

Transferred to 32nd ARS, 2nd BW, Barksdale AFB, LA.

26 June 1989

Supported Coronet Diamond deployment of F-111D aircraft from Boscombe Down to Cannon AFB, NM.

1992

Transferred to 4580th Operational Support Group, Barksdale AFB, LA.

1994

Transferred to 438th Airlift Wing, McGuire AFB, NJ.

1995

Transferred to 305th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire AFB, NJ.

9 September 2006

Attended the RAF Leuchars Airshow in Fife.

28 April 2022

Last flight.

To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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Loaned to 436 AW/MU, Dover AFB, DE.

28 April 2022

To Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Dover, DE.
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