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To: Yo-Yo; Eric in the Ozarks
I think the United States Air Force has one or two, but they call them KC-10s...

The USAF had 60 KC-10's delivered back in the early 1980's. One of them was destroyed, so now they just have 59. All of them will be retrofitted with the same 2 man cockpit used in the MD-11 and that were installed in all of the DC-10's in FedEx's fleet. DC-10's that have been retrofitted with the new 2 man cockpit are redesignated as MD-10's.

56 posted on 08/19/2005 10:03:45 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative (France is an example of retrograde chordate evolution.)
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To: Paleo Conservative
All of them will be retrofitted with the same 2 man cockpit used in the MD-11

Will they retain the same rear boom operator's position, or are they going to the remote refueling station up in the front of the aircraft?

I didn't know any such thing existed until I went hunting the web for the KC-10 photo and came across the website kc-10.net.

I read an article there on the KDC-10 that was built for Royal Netherlands Air Force. I thought it was interesting to use IR cameras on the boom to aid in sticking in the probe.

57 posted on 08/19/2005 11:48:15 AM PDT by Yo-Yo
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