Kc-10s await next mission

KC-10 Extender sits at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia on May 5, 2010. The KC-10 Extender is an advanced tanker and cargo aircraft designed to provide increased global mobility for U.S. Armed Forces. In 2009, KC-10s assigned to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing flew more than 40,000 hours in support of 4,760 combat missions where they offloaded 422,000,000 pounds of fuel to 31,000 aircraft. They provided direct support to more than 2,750 "troops in contact" actions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jenifer H. Calhoun/Released)

Deployed Dragon Lady aircraft continue contingency ops

A pilot guides a U-2 Dragon Lady assigned to the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing to a parking spot on the airfield while being guided by a maintenance Airman from the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Dragon aircraft maintenance unit at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on April 9, 2010. In the first three months of 2010, U-2s assigned to the 380th AEW and the 99th ERS flew nearly 200 combat sorties in support of operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. The U-2s, and the Airmen who fly and maintain them, are deployed from Beale Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol/Released)

Deployed Dragon Lady aircraft continue contingency ops

A pilot guides a U-2 Dragon Lady assigned to the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing to a parking spot on the airfield while being guided by a maintenance Airman from the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Dragon aircraft maintenance unit at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on April 9, 2010. In the first three months of 2010, U-2s assigned to the 380th AEW and the 99th ERS flew nearly 200 combat sorties in support of operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. The U-2s, and the Airmen who fly and maintain them, are deployed from Beale Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol/Released)

Deployed Dragon Lady aircraft continue contingency ops

A pilot guides a U-2 Dragon Lady assigned to the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing to a parking spot on the airfield while being guided by a maintenance Airman from the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Dragon aircraft maintenance unit at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on April 9, 2010. In the first three months of 2010, U-2s assigned to the 380th AEW and the 99th ERS flew nearly 200 combat sorties in support of operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. The U-2s, and the Airmen who fly and maintain them, are deployed from Beale Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol/Released)

Deployed Dragon Lady aircraft continue contingency ops

A pilot guides a U-2 Dragon Lady assigned to the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing to a parking spot on the airfield at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on April 9, 2010. In the first three months of 2010, U-2s assigned to the 380th AEW and the 99th ERS flew nearly 200 combat sorties in support of operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. The U-2s, and the Airmen who fly and maintain them, are deployed from Beale Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol/Released)

Deployed Dragon Lady aircraft continue contingency ops

A pilot guides a U-2 Dragon Lady assigned to the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing to a parking spot on the airfield at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on April 9, 2010. In the first three months of 2010, U-2s assigned to the 380th AEW and the 99th ERS flew nearly 200 combat sorties in support of operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. The U-2s, and the Airmen who fly and maintain them, are deployed from Beale Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol/Released)