KC-10 Extender: Flightline Review

Joint base Airmen and aircraft support AMC vice commander Southwest Asia visit

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Airman keeps KC-10s flying for Southwest Asia missions

On each KC-10 Extender, there are three General Electric CF6-50C2 turbofan engines that can provide up to 52,500 pounds of thrust each. For each of those engines to be in peak operating capacity for combat air refueling missions, it takes people like Senior Airman Justin Lassiter to maintain

'Extending the Fight:' Multi-faceted Effort Keeps KC-10s on the Move for Deployed Operations

The number is 2,756. That's how many times KC-10 Extenders and their flight crews from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron at a non-disclosed base here supported "troops in contact" in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in 2009.That number, courtesy of Mr. Ralph Jackson of

Joint Base staff sergeant manages learning resources in Southwest Asia

For the nearly seven years of his Air Force career, Staff Sgt. Michael Sala has been helping people. The staff sergeant has continued that effort as the noncommissioned officer in charge of the Learning Resources Center for his deployed base.Sergeant Sala, a services craftsman, is deployed with the