a KC-10 Extender aircraft refueling an SR-71 Blackbird during testing

Staff Sgt. Bill Thompson, USAF

a KC-10 Extender aircraft refueling an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft in-flight during testing.

a KC-10 Extender aircraft refueling an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft in-flight during testing.

A right side view of a KC-10 Extender aircraft refueling an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft in-flight during testing. The Extender, silhouetted against the sunset horizon, is from the 78th Air Refueling Squadron, and the Blackbird, the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing.

Date Shot:2nd August 1981

Keywords: KC-10, Extender, USAF, tanker, SR-71, Blackbird, refuel, 1981, 78th, 9th

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