While the KC-10’s primary mission is aerial refueling, it can accommodate 75 passengers and transport 170,000 pounds of cargo. The Extender is based on the civilian DC-10 commercial aircraft and ...

The first tanker was propeller-driven and today they are based on airliners (the Boeing 707 and 767), but this is soon set to ...

With jobs connected to the retirement of a refueling tanker ― and its impact on the mission of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst ― on the minds of many people there, President Barack Obama visited the ...

15, 2014. Obama's visit to the base came as the Defense Department mulled the retirement of KC-10 refueling tankers, half of which were stationed at the joint base. Here's a look at events that ...