b'First KC-10 arrivesat AMARGBy Brian BrackensAir Force Life Cycle Management CenterPublic Affairs | July 16, 2020A KC-10 from the 305th Air Mobility Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, landed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base,July 13, to begin the storage process at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) on base. (Courtesy photo)By Jim GaramoneDOD News | Dec. 19, 2020www.defense.gov/Explore/News/Article/Article/2452910/space-force-personnel-to-be-called-guardians/Approximately 40 years after the KC-10Commonly referred to as The Boneyard, Extender took to the skies for the first time, aAMARG is a 2,600 acre aerospace storage,retiring KC-10 from the 305th Air Mobility Wingpreservation, maintenance, and regeneration at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey,facility managed by AFMC, with more thanarrived at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and4,400 retired aircraft and 13 aerospace vehicles Regeneration Group (AMARG) here, July 13 tofrom the Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, begin the storage process. Coast Guard, and other federal agencies suchUpon arrival, possession of the aircraft changedas NASA.from Air Mobility Command, to the Air ForceIn support of this first retirement, the KC-10 Materiel Command, and the plane became part program office in coordination with Headquarters of the inactive inventory to be used as a source Air Mobility Command (AMC) finalized allof parts for the active fleet. engineering, logistic and programmatic actions Based on the DC-10 civilian aircraft, the KC-10required to formally turnover the first KC-10is a workhorse of an aircraft, with tremendousaircraft to the AMARG.A joint team frompayload and refueling capability. It can carryAFLCMC and AMC worked with AMARG employees 356,000 pounds of fuel, up to 75 people, andto take the KC-10 through a series of measures around 170,000 pounds of cargo more thanto protect it while in storage, to include draining 4,400 miles unrefueled. all of the fuel and hydraulics, and sealing the Over the last 40 years, the KC-10 fleet hasaircraft up.flown approximately 2,255,000 flight hours andWe will help them with the technical part of 409,000 sorties, delivering air refueling supportpreserving the plane, said Stupic. We built the to joint and coalition aircraft. work specification for them, and well provide This (AMARG induction) is a major milestoneengineering and tech support for the first time in the life of a weapons system, said Joe Stupic,they do it.KC-10 System Program Manager, with the AirWith the first retirement to AMARG, there are Force Life Cycle Management Center. In AFLCMC,now 58 active KC-10s in the fleet. An additional we manage and are responsible for the life cycletwo aircraft are expected to retire to AMARG (of aircraft and other weapon systems) from thethis year.glint in the eye or idea, development, modernization,The KC-10 fleet is operating well, and willand sustainment, to their very last day, with thecontinue to fly, Stupic said. While this is the first last plane going into retirement. We manage theto go to AMARG, it doesnt mean that ourwhole thing. job is done. We have more support to provide 34 Military Appreciation Resource Magazine Thank You For Your Service'