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Extender Maintenance

A 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron fuel systems team works on a KC-10 Extender April 28, 2014, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. The team was overhauling a ruptured fuel cell, a repair which takes approximately 50 hours to repair. (U.S. Air Force photo byTech. Sgt. Russ Scalf/Released)easier for installation. (U.S. Air Force photo byTech. Sgt. Russ Scalf/Released)

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Fuel systems Airmen from the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare a fuel cell for installation April 28, 2014, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. The KC-10 Extender is an aerial refueling aircraft which extends the reach of other aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo byTech. Sgt. Russ Scalf/Released)

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Airman 1st Class Eric Nulf, a 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron fuel systems journeyman, prepares lacing cord for a fuel cell installation April 28, 2014, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. Nulf, who is deployed from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., uses super glue to secure the frayed cord to make it easier for installation. (U.S. Air Force photo byTech. Sgt. Russ Scalf/Released)

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A 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron fuel systems team prepares a new bladder cell for installation on a KC-10 Extender April 28, 2014, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. The aerial refueling capability of the KC-10 Extender allows other aircraft to remain in battle spaces for prolonged duration sorties.(U.S. Air Force photo byTech. Sgt. Russ Scalf/Released)

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Airman 1st Class Eric Nulf (left), a 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron fuel systems journeyman and Staff Sgt. David Haack, a 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron fuel systems craftsman, lift a new bladder cell into a KC-10 Extender April 28, 2014, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. The team was replacing a cell that had ruptured. (U.S. Air Force photo byTech. Sgt. Russ Scalf/Released)

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Senior Airman Tyree Bishop, a 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron fuel systems journeyman, selects tools needed for a bladder cell installation on a KC-10 Extender April 28, 2014, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. The KC-10 Extender is an aerial refueling aircraft which extends the reach of other aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo byTech. Sgt. Russ Scalf/Released)

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Senior Airman Tyree Bishop, a 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron fuel systems journeyman, laces a new bladder cell into a KC-10 Extender April 28, 2014, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. The aerial refueling capability of the KC-10 Extender allows other aircraft to remain in battle spaces for prolonged duration sorties.(U.S. Air Force photo byTech. Sgt. Russ Scalf/Released)

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Senior Airman Donovan Balthazor, a 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Group crew chief, connects a ventilation duct to an air conditioning cart April 28, 2014, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. The system ensures proper ventilation for open tank maintenance operations. (U.S. Air Force photo byTech. Sgt. Russ Scalf/Released)

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A 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Group crew chief performs tow team duties April 28, 2014, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. The maintainer walks along the aircraft near the wing tips to ensure they do not come into contact with taxiing jets. (U.S. Air Force photo byTech. Sgt. Russ Scalf/Released)

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A 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Group tow team moves a KC-10 Extender, while maintainers participate in a foreign object debris walk April 28, 2014, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. The 380th's mission is to perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and aerial refueling in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.(U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Russ Scalf/Released)

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Photo Essay: Extender Maintenance

Published May 8, 2014
By Tech. Sgt. Russ Scalf
380th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

Southwest Asia -- Fuel systems Airmen from the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron perform aerial refueling in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. The aerial refueling capability of the KC-10 Extender allows other aircraft to remain in battle spaces for prolonged duration sorties. The Extender Aircraft Maintenance Unit is comprised of more than 130 maintainers from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The Airmen are tasked with the responsibility of providing safe and reliable aircraft to fulfill the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing's mission.