KC-10 loses boom during exercise at Mountain Home AFB

A KC-10 assigned to 60th Air Mobility Wing landed safely at Mountain Home Air Force Base on Nov. 1 after its refueling boom detached in-flight.

60th Air Mobility Wing McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender 87-1023
By Curimedia [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

According to the press release, the incident occurred while the tanker “was conducting training in support of Mountain Home AFB’s Gunfighter Flag Exercise.”