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TRAVIS AFB KC‐10 EXTENDER LOSES PIECE OF STRUCTURE

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An Air Force KC‐10 Extender refueling aircraft from the 60th Air Mobility Wing emergency landed at 11:20 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time today at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho.

The KC‐10 was conducting training in support of Mountain Home AFB’s Gunfighter Flag Exercise when the refueling boom separated from the aircraft near the range complex. The aircraft made an emergency landing at Mountain Home AFB. All crew members are safe and no injuries have been reported on the aircraft or on the ground.

Updates will be provided as information becomes available.

For additional inquiries, please contact 60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs at (707) 424‐2011 or 60 AMW/PA@us.af.mil.