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País / Country KC-135/B.707 KC-10/KDC-10 A310/A330 MRTT Il-78 KC-767 Other
USA 460 59 - - - -
Canada - - 02 - - -
Brazil 04 - - - - -
Chile 03 - - - - -
Colombia - - - - 01 -
France 14 - - - - -
Great-Britain - - 14 - - 6×TriStar
Italy - - - - 04 -
Spain 02 - - - - -
Netherlands - 02 - - - -
Turkey 07 - - - - -
Saudi Arabia 05 - 06 - - -
UAE - - 03 - - -
Rep. of Singapore 04 - - - - -
Japan - - - - 04 -
China - - - 08 - 10×H-6U
India - - [06] 06 - -
Pakistan - - - 04 - -
Australia - - 05 - -
Russia - - - 20 - -
Israel 05 - - - - -
Iran 01 - - - - 3×B747K
Total 179 14 80
Número 5 - 2012 66 Latinaero magazine
 Um KC-10A Extender
do 908th Squadron (USAF)
instantes antes de partir
de Al Dhafra, nos Emirados
Árabes Unidos, para uma
missão. Como parte da 380th
Air Expeditionary Wing, os
KC-10A apoiaram a operação
Iraq Freedom e contiunam a
apoiar as operações Enduring
Freedom e Combined Joint
Task Force-Horn of Africa.
As dimensões do KC-10A,
desenvolvido a partir do
Douglas DC-10, fazem dele o
avião tanque mais pesado
existente. O KC-10A tem capa-
cidade para 161.478 kg de
combustível, quase o dobro
da capacidade do KC-135R.
An airman stands at parade
rest as he prepares to help
guide a USAF KC-10A Exten-
der from the 908th Expeditio-
nary Air Refueling Squadron
departing for a mission from
Al Dhafra AB, UAE. As part of
the 380th Air Expeditionary
Wing, the KC-10As supported
operations Iraqi Freedom and
continue to support Enduring
Freedom and the Combined
Joint Task Force-Horn of
Africa. The sheer size of the
KC-10A, developed from
the Douglas DC-10 airliner,
makes the Extender the
heaviest existing tanker.
The KC-10's mixed refuelling
system of hose-and-drogue
and flying-boom allows it to
refuel the aircraft of the Air
Force, Navy, Marine Corps
and allied forces during the
same mission. All KC-10As
are fitted with the McDon-
nell Douglas fly-by-wire
Advanced Aerial Refueling
Boom (AARB). The KC-10A has
a fuel capacity of 161,478 kg,
nearly doubling that of the
KC-135R. The final twenty
KC-10s produced included
wing-mounted pods for
added refuelling spots.
© U.S. Air Force
As principais frotas de "tanker" no mundo em 2013
The U.S. Air Force tanker feet consists of about 450
40 to 50-year old Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers
and 59 Douglas KC-10 Extenders delivered
from 1979 to 1987.