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ID 60130 Views: 758 Photo Comments: 1	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Air Force McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender	Altitude (Contrail) USA, August 31, 2020	Corey Betke Contact
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	86-0031 (cn 48244) Thunderbirds heading back home to Vegas after the NY Airshow. XTNDR60 | 60th AMW | Travis AFB

ID 57993 Views: 503 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Air Force McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender	Altitude (Contrail) USA, February 8, 2018	Andrew Stricker Contact
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	87-0121 (cn 48307) GOLD81 flying over my house at FL320. Shot with my new 600mm lens, so I'm still trying to figure out good settings for altitude shots.

ID 56834 Views: 510 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Air Force McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender	Altitude (Contrail) USA, May 22, 2017	Andrew Stricker Contact
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	83-0081 (cn 48222) HOIST99 flying over my house at FL300 with an interesting contrail.

ID 55987 Views: 473 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Air Force McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender	Abu Dhabi - Al Dhafra Air Base (DHF/OMAM) United Arab Emirates, October 15, 2003	E. Jones Contact
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	Multiple (cn Multiple) Heavies on a sandy ramp. I didn’t think to go get the tail numbers.

ID 55723 Views: 489 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Air Force McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender	Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport (YNG/KYNG) USA - Ohio, May 19, 2014	E. Jones Contact
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	79-0433 (cn 48200)

ID 55722 Views: 501 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Air Force McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender	Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport (YNG/KYNG) USA - Ohio, May 19, 2014	E. Jones Contact
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	79-0433 (cn 48200) This was the first McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender, first flown on 12 Jul 1980, with test registration of N110KC. At the time of this photo, 79-0433 was assigned to the dual Active Duty/Reserve 305th & 514th Air Mobility Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.

ID 55721 Views: 471 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Air Force McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender	Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport (YNG/KYNG) USA - Ohio, June 10, 2011	E. Jones Contact
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	86-0027 (cn 48240)

ID 55720 Views: 439 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Air Force McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender	Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport (YNG/KYNG) USA - Ohio, June 10, 2011	E. Jones Contact
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	86-0027 (cn 48240)

ID 48320 Views: 559 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Air Force McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender	Trenton - Canadian Forces Base Trenton (YTR / CYTR) Canada - Ontario, June 21, 2003	Dirk Fierens Contact
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	79-1713 (cn 48205) On display at the 2003 Quinte Airshow edition.

ID 48278 Views: 499 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Air Force McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender	Trenton - Canadian Forces Base Trenton (YTR / CYTR) Canada - Ontario, June 24, 1989	Dirk Fierens Contact
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	85-0030 (cn 48235) On view at the 1989 Quinte Airshow, and it is still active today with the 305th AMW.

ID 45620 Views: 447 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Air Force McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender	Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport (YNG/KYNG) USA - Ohio, May 17, 2014	DJR107 Contact
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	79-0433 (cn 48200) I spent 2-3 hours standing under this one avoiding the waves of rain which soaked the air show all day. Note the long line of people waiting to check out the interior. The wait time rivaled those found to get on some of the rides at Cedar Point.

ID 44954 Views: 696 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Air Force McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender	Eindhoven - Eindhoven Airport/Air Base (EIN/EHEH) Netherlands, April 23, 2014	Jeroen Stroes Contact
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	85-0029 (cn 48234)

ID 44009 Views: 664 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Air Force McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender	Altitude (Contrail) USA, February 19, 2014	Corey Betke Contact
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	86-0028 (cn 48241) My first sighting of a KC-10 made a nice birthday gift. HOIST99 305th AMW McGuire AFB @ FL340 over Columbus, OH.

ID 22621 Views: 629 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Air Force McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, August 30, 2007	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	85-0028 / 50028 (cn 48233) Finishing its landing roll on runway 06L, this KC-10 was in Cleveland to support the USAF Thunderbirds, two of which are visible beneath the tail parked over at NASA. The rusted conical structure behind the aircraft was one of NASA's cold war era wind tunnels which has since been dismantled, changing the Hopkins landscape forever.

ID 22571 Views: 755 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Air Force McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, September -, 1992	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	83-0076 / 30076 (cn 48217) This KC-10 staged out of Hopkins during the 1992 Cleveland Air Show, where it performed daily fly-by's at the annual event on the lakeshore.

ID 20235 Views: 832 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Air Force McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender	Greensboro - Piedmont Triad International (GSO/KGSO) USA - North Carolina, April 11, 2010	Doug McElroy Contact
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	84-0187 / 84-0188 (cn 48226) 2 KC-10s (c/n 48226/227) sit on the ramp in GSO for overhauls.

ID 19790 Views: 677 Photo Comments: 4	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Air Force McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender	Altitude (Contrail) USA, March 27, 2010	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	Unknown (cn Unknown) Chasing its own contrail shadow across the sky, this KC-10 passed over my house this morning heading northwest. It was fairly hazy, and I adjusted the levels to accentuate the shadows.

ID 18631 Views: 649 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Air Force McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, September -, 1992	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	83-0076 (cn 48217) Another view of this KC-10 as it arrived at Hopkins in 1992, where it would be based for the duration of the Cleveland Airshow that year. It flew from here and performed fly-by's at the show held at Burke Lakefront (BKL).

ID 18630 Views: 589 Photo Comments: 2	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Air Force McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, September -, 1992	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	83-0076 (cn 48217) (Best at 1152 size.) On taxiway Juliet and heading for its parking space where it will be based for the next few days while performing fly-by's at the Cleveland Airshow at Burke Lakefront.

ID 14937 Views: 524 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Air Force McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender	Birmingham - International (BHM/KBHM) USA - Alabama, June 2, 2009	Delta 727-200ADv Contact
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	Unknown (cn Unknown) CF6-80 engines make'in a whole buncha noise as they collectively push this big tanker out of Maxwell Airforce Base in Montgomery, Alabama. This KC-10 is likely based outta McGuire.