Deployed KC-10 Extenders, Airmen maintain combat operations
A KC-10 Extender from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron takes off for an air refueling mission from a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility during operations for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing on April 27, 2010. For the first three months of 2010, KC-10s and the Airmen who support and maintain them supported more than 1,000 sorties refueling more than 6,600 aircraft and off-loading more than 108 million pounds of fuel to those aircraft supoorting combat operations. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol/Released)