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305th AMW's last KC-10 Extender returns from EUCOM

An aircrew from the 305th Air Mobility Wing pose for a photo in front of the wing’s last KC-10 Extender to return from the U.S. European Command at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, May 25, 2022. The return marks an end to EUCOM aerial refueling support for KC-10 Extenders assigned to the 305th AMW.

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305th AMW's last KC-10 Extender returns from EUCOM

Friends and family welcome Airmen who returned on the last KC-10 Extender assigned to the 305th Air Mobility Wing from the U.S. European Command at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, May 25, 2022. The return marks an end to EUCOM aerial refueling support for KC-10 Extenders assigned to the 305th AMW.

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305th AMW's last KC-10 Extender returns from EUCOM

A KC-10 Extender assigned to the 305th Air Mobility Wing returns from the U.S. European Command at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, May 25, 2022. The return marks an end to EUCOM aerial refueling support for KC-10 Extenders assigned to the 305th AMW.

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305th AMW's last KC-10 Extender returns from EUCOM

A KC-10 Extender assigned to the 305th Air Mobility Wing returns from the U.S. European Command at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, May 25, 2022. The return marks an end to EUCOM aerial refueling support for KC-10 Extenders assigned to the 305th AMW.

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305th AMW's last KC-10 Extender returns from EUCOM

Published May 26, 2022
By Airman Simonne Barker
87th Air Base Wing

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. --

The return marks an end to Joint Base MDL EUCOM aerial refueling support for KC-10 Extenders assigned to the 305th AMW.

"The KC-10 is reaching the end of its era, but it was great to employ it one last time. Its served its purpose well so these final flights are really bittersweet, but we look forward to a bright new future with the KC-46." - U.S. Air Force Capt. Robert Bedell, KC-10 detachment operations officer