VIDEO: Air to air with a USAF KC-10

This is a superb piece of videography. A very nice air-to-air video of a US Air Force KC-10, including footage of it refueling a C-17. Backed up by the etheral track "Time" from the soundtrack of the movie Inception, composed by Hans Zimmer. Watch it in 720p HD.

PHOTO: USAF KC-10s mark deployment, operations milestones

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A KC-10 Extender from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., is refueled by another KC-10 from JB McGuire Oct. 28, 2007, during a mission somewhere over the eastern United States. On Jan. 17, 2011, the KC-10 reached a milestone of 20 years of continuous deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

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PHOTO: KC-10 refueling KC-10

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A KC-10 Extender from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron refuels another KC-10 Feb. 1, 2010, over Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom air refueling operations. The air refueling capability of the KC-10 in combat operations allows fighters to provide close-air support for "troops in contact" in Afghanistan and other areas of operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Sean Chuplis)

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