Only eight DC-10s remain operational around the world - mostly in the United States as firebombers and tankers.

As an epilogue, Omega Air continues to refuel US aircraft with ex-Japan Airlines and Dutch KC-10 even after the Air Force ...

I'm a third-generation firefighter — and I'm helping to battle the LA fires from the air in a DC-10 fire bomber. Here's how ...

one of the very first jet airliners, helped to pave the way and would be superseded by another very significant model: McDonnell Douglas's DC-10. The DC-10 has over half a century of fascinating ...

Captain RK Smithley flies McDonnell Douglas DC-10 fire bombers for New Mexico-based 10Tanker. Smithley dropped red fire retardant over the Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles. Mountainous terrain ...