2008 Blue Angels Homecoming - KC-10 Extender Arrival

KC-10 Extender Arrival

2008 Blue Angels Homecoming
NAS Pensacola
Pensacola, Florida
Thursday November 13, 2008

IN THIS VIDEO, watch as this KC-10 lands on Runway 7L at NAS Pensacola and then taxis into the static park for the upcoming airshow. This aircraft is operated by the 305th Air Mobility Wing out of McGuire AFB in New Jersey. In fact, the crew on this flight is from the 78th Air Refueling Squadron, which is a reserve squadron.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• KC-10
• KC-10A
• KC10
• KC10A
• Extender
• Tanker
• Refueling
• Blue
• Angels
• Homecoming
• NAS
• Pensacola
• Airshow
• Air
• Show
• 2008

[slh950]

this must be the military version of the DC-10?

[rampking1]

A historical fact: It was a KC-10 and a group of F-15's that were the first responders to Saudi Arabia when Iraq oocupied Kuwait.

[gumbykevbo]

Since Boeing bought MacAir/Douglass, the airframe is basically and orphan. Boeing would rather sell the AF 7x7 based air frames than support the legacy of one of it's acquisitions.

[robertito514]

@fsxdave24 yaaa its called an airshowww

[fsxdave24]

at :59 you can hear them blaring music in the plane :P

[rampking1]

@RainbowManification I've loaded, serviced and towed the aircraft but I am out of the loop on this.

Just figured that the unit cost might be lower if the USAF would have joined in when FedEx was doing the modification.

Talked to a crew member and he was a bit embarrasssed that I brought this up and was aware of it.

Then again he wasn't the flight engineer!

[RainbowManification]

@rampking1 Idk, the USAF is old school, they should though.

[RainbowManification]

@slh950 correct.

[bl00De]

@slh950 it is. they were converted

[yoyoyoyoshua]

nice I was at the McCord AFB airexpo and I got into one and it was pretty cool like I went into the cockpit the the refuel cockpit place

[SoccerBoy77]

@slh950 yep