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Douglas Aircraft Company President John C. Brizendine speaks at the delivery ceremony for this KC-10A Extender aircraft

LGEN Edgar S. Harris Jr., 8th Air Force commander, holds the keys of the first KC-10A Extender advanced tanker/cargo aircraft delivered to the Air Force. Delivery ceremonies took place at the McDonnell Douglas Corp. plant

A civilian employee from McDonnell Douglas Corp. performs tests at the flight engineer's station aboard a KC-10A Extender aircraft

Military vehicles and personnel are loaded onto a KC-10A Extender aircraft for deployment to Davis Field, Oklahoma, during an operational readiness inspection

A refueling boom is being installed on a newly-built KC-10 Extender aircraft in the McDonnell Douglas Corporation

MAJ Gary Ellsworth, a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft navigator, checks controls to keep the plane on course during a refueling mission, part of base alert training at Carswell Air Force Base

Right side view of a KC-10 Extender aircraft being rolled out at the ceremony in the McDonnell Douglas Corporation

Major (MAJ) Jim Dwyer of the 374th Tactical Airlift Wing plans a mission with fellow crew members during an operational readiness inspection

A KC-10 Extender aircraft is being assembled at the Douglas Aircraft Plant

Jerry Preston, a senior supervisor for McDonnell Douglas, makes a last minute check on a boom assembly before it is transferred for installation on a KC-10 Extender aircraft

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Long Beach

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bill Thompson

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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jerry preston jerry preston supervisor mcdonnell douglas minute check minute check boom installation extender aircraft california long beach navy base mcdonnel douglas kc 10 extender staff sergeant high resolution kc 10 extender aircraft ssgt bill thompson long beach us national archives
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04/03/1982
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label_outline Explore Minute Check, Mcdonnell Douglas, Ssgt Bill Thompson

Airmen assist LTC Bob Crowder, from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, put on his high-pressure suit. LTC Crowder will fly an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft which will be refueled by a KC-10 Extender aircraft during testing

Workers guide the No. 3 propeller from the battleship MISSOURI (BB-63) as it is lowered by a crane during a modernization program

The combat information center aboard the guided missile frigate USS REUBEN JAMES (FFG 57) at 60 percent completion at the Todd shipyard

Airmen assist pilots aboard an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft, from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing. The aircraft will be refueled by a KC-10 Extender aircraft in flight during testing

Steve Ybarra and Ernest Ocampo of Douglas Aircraft install fasteners on the first piece to be assembled in the C-17 transport aircraft program: a 68-foot tiedown rail that is the central structural member of the cargo floor

A view of a name imprinter used in the microfiche system of the Micrographics Systems Branch of the Air Force Manpower and Personnel Center. The Micrographics Systems Branch uses a microfiche system to maintain the personnel records of all active-duty officers and enlisted members of the Air Force

CHIEF Operations SPECIALIST Martin Lopshansky, center, Tomahawk anti-ship/land-attack missile watch supervisor in the combat information center aboard the guided missile cruiser USS SAN JACINTO (CG 56), discusses the Tomahawk data base manager console with Fire Control Technician 1ST Class Chris Denny, sitting, and Fire Control Technician 3rd Class Phil Spitalere

A worker prepares the No. 4 propeller for removal from the battleship MISSOURI (BB-63) in dry dock No. 1 as part of a modernization program

An F/A-18A Hornet aircraft of Marine Corps Strike Fighter Squadron 314 (VMFA-314), fires a AIM-9M SIdewinder missile over Naval Air Station Fallon firing range

SENIOR AIRMAN Wells, 621st Air Mobility Operations Group, makes last minute adjustments to baggage on a C-17A Globemaster III bound for Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, with the Hurricane Response Force from McGuire ARB, New Jersey

SSGT Al Horton, Personnel Service Division, 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, and MAJ Cliff Cunningham, chief of training for PSD, demonstrate the life support system

An UH-1 Iroquois helicopter flies near the battleship NEW JERSEY (BB-62) as it departs for sea trials

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jerry preston jerry preston supervisor mcdonnell douglas minute check minute check boom installation extender aircraft california long beach navy base mcdonnel douglas kc 10 extender staff sergeant high resolution kc 10 extender aircraft ssgt bill thompson long beach us national archives