Photo by Staff Sergeant Sean Evans.
The day before Halloween, the first of three retired KC-10 Extenders began its mummification by AMARG (Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group) at Davis-Monthan Air
Force Base, Arizona.
Photo by Master Sergeant Joseph Vigil.
On 13JUL2020, a KC-10 (tail #86-0036) based at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, became the first KC-10 in the U.S. Air Force inventory to be officially retired. Congress approved the retirement of three KC-10s in anticipation of eventual replacement of 59 KC-10s by the new KC-46A Pegasus.
Photo by Staff Sergeant Sean Evans.
Tail #86-0036 takes off on its last flight, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst from to the graveyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, 13JUL2020.
Photo by Airman First Class Sean Hetz.
Final flight video by Master Sergeant Joseph Vigil (edited by me):
Time lapse video by Staff Sergeant Giovanni Sims, KC-10 mummification on 30OCT2020:
From 2017: 908th EARS KC-10 refueling Bengal F/A-18D Hornet and 355th FW A-10C Thunderbolt-2