KC-10 Extender USAF Historical Sweeney piloted another B-29 named

Sweeney piloted another B-29 named "Bockscar" and dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki

more familiarly known as the "coke bottle" shaped fuselage

Students learn aircraft flight characteristics

The AIM-9 Sidewinder is a short-range air-to-air missile developed by the United States Navy in the 1950s

KC-10 Extender USAF Historical Sweeney piloted another B-29 namedIn late 1977 the USAF selected the DC 10 to meet its Advance Tanker Cargo Aircraft requirement. Basically a conversion of the DC 10 Series 30CF, the KC 10 has additional fuel cells in the lower fuselage, an inflight refueling boom, boom operator's station, inflight refueling receptacle, and an improved cargo handling system. Multi year contracts covered the supply of 60 KC 10As, the first of them being test flown from Long Beach to Yuma on July 12,