美国加利福尼亚州特拉维斯空军基地，9.11恐怖袭击12周年纪念活动中，美国空军第60空中机动联队（60AMW）一架 KC-10A 加油机正在起飞。整个纪念飞行机队共有22架大型军机组成，在36分钟内依次升空。（A U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender aircraft assigned to the 60th Air Mobility Wing takes off at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Sept. 11, 2013, as part of the Freedom Launch honoring the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The first plane departed at 8:46 a.m., the same time terrorists crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, with the remaining 21 aircraft launching consecutively during a 36-minute time frame. Terrorists hijacked four passenger aircraft Sept. 11, 2001. Two of the aircraft were deliberately crashed into the World Trade Center in New York; one was crashed into the Pentagon; the fourth crashed near Shanksville, Pa. Nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks.）

美国加利福尼亚州特拉维斯空军基地，9.11恐怖袭击12周年纪念活动中，美国空军第60空中机动联队（60AMW）的 KC-10A 加油机开始滑出加入起飞编队。整个纪念飞行机队共有22架大型军机组成，在36分钟内依次升空。（U.S. Air Force aircraft assigned to the 60th Air Mobility Wing stage prior to takeoff at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Sept. 11, 2013, as part of the Freedom Launch honoring the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The first plane departed at 8:46 a.m., the same time terrorists crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, with the remaining 21 aircraft launching consecutively during a 36-minute time frame. Terrorists hijacked four passenger aircraft Sept. 11, 2001. Two of the aircraft were deliberately crashed into the World Trade Center in New York; one was crashed into the Pentagon; the fourth crashed near Shanksville, Pa. Nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks.）

美国加利福尼亚州特拉维斯空军基地，9.11恐怖袭击12周年纪念活动中，美国空军第60空中机动联队（60AMW）的 KC-10A 加油机在起飞前排队。整个纪念飞行机队共有22架大型军机组成，在36分钟内依次升空。（A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft assigned to the 60th Air Mobility Wing taxis prior to takeoff at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Sept. 11, 2013, as part of the Freedom Launch honoring the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The first plane departed at 8:46 a.m., the same time terrorists crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, with the remaining 21 aircraft launching consecutively during a 36-minute time frame. Terrorists hijacked four passenger aircraft Sept. 11, 2001. Two of the aircraft were deliberately crashed into the World Trade Center in New York; one was crashed into the Pentagon; the fourth crashed near Shanksville, Pa. Nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks.）

美国加利福尼亚州特拉维斯空军基地，9.11恐怖袭击12周年纪念活动中，美国空军第60空中机动联队（60AMW）的 KC-10A 加油机和 C-5B 运输机在起飞前排队。整个纪念飞行机队共有22架大型军机组成，在36分钟内依次升空。（U.S. Air Force aircraft assigned to the 60th Air Mobility Wing line up prior to takeoff at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Sept. 11, 2013, as part of the Freedom Launch honoring the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The first plane departed at 8:46 a.m., the same time terrorists crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, with the remaining 21 aircraft launching consecutively during a 36-minute time frame. Terrorists hijacked four passenger aircraft Sept. 11, 2001. Two of the aircraft were deliberately crashed into the World Trade Center in New York; one was crashed into the Pentagon; the fourth crashed near Shanksville, Pa. Nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks.）

美国加利福尼亚州特拉维斯空军基地，9.11恐怖袭击12周年纪念活动中，美国空军第60空中机动联队（60AMW）七架 KC-10A 加油机和 C-5B 运输机在起飞前排队。整个纪念飞行机队共有22架大型军机组成，在36分钟内依次升空。（A 22-aircraft "freedom launch" took place at Travis AFB, Calif., Sept. 11, 2013. Seven C-17 Globemaster IIIs, 11 KC-10 Extenders and four C-5B Galaxies from the 60th Air Mobility Wing lined up in what is historically referred to as an "elephant walk," then launched consecutively over 36 minutes to take part in Air Mobility Command missions. The first plane in the lineup, a C-17, launched at 8:46 a.m., the same time terrorists crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City 12 years earlier.）

关岛安德森空军基地，美国空军一架隶属加利福尼亚州特拉维斯空军基地的 KC-10A 加油机在待命，准备支援前往澳大利亚参加“南部边疆-2008”演习的海军 F/A-18 战斗机。（A U.S. Air Force KC-10 waits for instructions to depart from the runway on Andersen AFB, July 9. The KC-10 from Travis AFB escorted the F/A-18's from California and then following the fighters to Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal.）

太平洋阿拉斯加联合靶场，红旗-阿拉斯加 07-1 联合空战演习中，美国空军第60空中机动联队一架 KC-10A 加油机（加利福尼亚州特拉维斯空军基地，60AMW）为第18战斗机中队（18FS）的 F-16CG 战斗机加油。（EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska--Three F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 18th Fighter Squadron refuel behind a KC-10 Extender over the Pacific Alaska Range Complex during Red Flag-Alaska 07-1. Red Flag-Alaska is a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise for U.S. forces flown under simulated air combat conditions.）

美国阿拉斯加州艾尔森空军基地，红旗-阿拉斯加 07-1 联合空战演习中，地勤在引导一架美国空军新泽西州麦圭尔空军基地的 KC-10A 加油机。（Staff Sgt. Martin Walker proceeds into place to marshal a KC-10 Extender April 13 during Red Flag-Alaska 07-1 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Red Flag-Alaska is a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise for U.S. forces flown under simulated air combat conditions. It is conducted on the Pacific Alaskan Range Complex with air operations flown out of Eielson and Elmendorf Air Force Bases. Sergeant Walker is assigned to the 305th Maintenance Squadron at McGuire AFB, N.J.）

美国阿拉斯加州艾尔森空军基地，红旗-阿拉斯加 07-1 联合空战演习中，美国空军一架新泽西州麦圭尔空军基地的 KC-10A 加油机在进行任务准备。（EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska--A KC-10 Extender from McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, and its crew prepare for a morning flight during Red Flag-Alaska 07-1 April 11. Red Flag-Alaska is a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise for U.S. forces flown under simulated air combat conditions. It is conducted on the Pacific Alaskan Range Complex with air operations flown out of Eielson and Elmendorf Air Force Bases.）

美国阿拉斯加州艾尔森空军基地，红旗-阿拉斯加 07-1 联合空战演习中，美国空军一架新泽西州麦圭尔空军基地的 KC-10A 加油机正在起飞。（EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- A KC-10 Extender from McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey takes off for a mission during Red Flag-Alaska 07-1 on April 16. Red Flag-Alaska is a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise for U.S. forces flown under simulated air combat conditions. It is conducted on the Pacific Alaskan Range Complex with air operations flown out of Eielson and Elmendorf Air Force Bases.）