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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-10 / MD-11 / KC-10 Extender
    Latest Model:KC-10A Extender
    Last Military Serial:79-0434 USAF
    Construction Number:48201
    Last Civil Registration:N434KC
    Compressed ID:McDD KC-10A sn 79-0434 USAF cn 4820...
    Latest Owner or Location:309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC)

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    Dates

    Event

    1980

    Constructed as a KC-10A by McDonnell Douglas.

    June 1980

    To McDonnell Douglas Corp, Long Beach, CA with new c/r N434KC.

    27 June 1980

    First flight.

    17 March 1981

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 79-0434.
    Landed Barksdale AFB, LA. First KC-10A delivered to USAF.

    17 March 1981

    Transferred to 32nd Air Refueling Squadron/2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, LA.

    18 March 1981

    Civil registration, N434KC, cancelled.

    6 June 1981


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1981 photo - displaying at the Paris Airshow

    19 September 1987


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Flying over the NMUSAF in a Parade of Flight during the 40th Anniversary celebration of the USAF, held at the NMUSAF.

    October 1994

    Transferred to 605th Aircraft Generation Squadron, McGuire AFB, NJ.

    From By 1995 to 26 May 2021

    Transferred to 32nd Air Refueling Squadron/305th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire AFB, NJ.
    Operated with markings: 305th AMW, 514th AMW, McGUIRE
    305th AMW pairs with 514th AMW.

    17 May 2012


    Photographer: Eric Bannwarth
    Notes: At Ramstein, Germany

    26 May 2021

    Permanently withdrawn from use.

    21 June 2021

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC).


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    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Print Sources
    World Military Out of Service 2015 by Andy Marden
    World Military Out of Service 2015 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    Air Force Historial Studies Office
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Plane Spotters by Thomas Noack
    RZJets

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Peter Nicholson

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