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From: bloom@ucbvax.ARPA (Jim Bloom)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Re: Re: More on B-1 vs B-52
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Date: Tue, 23-Oct-84 02:58:51 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 23 02:58:51 1984
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The Air Force is using at least modified commercial plane.
The McDonnell-Douglas KC-10 is basically a modified DC-10
used as an aerial tanker.  The primary differences are a
different midsection inthe fuselage and the refueling boom.

Most of the production is done on the same line interspersed
with production of the DC-10.  (At least while the DC-10 was
still in production).  The KC-10's were the last planes rolling
off an otherwise quiet DC-10 assembly line.

				Jim Bloom
				ucbvax!bloom