The KDC-10 deploys fighter aircraft, including support equipment and personnel, nonstop to any point on the globe. It increases the payload/range of cargo airlifters with air refueling, and it augments the airlift fleet by carrying cargo and personnel. By employing its refueling boom or hose/drogue system, the KDC-10 can refuel a wide variety of U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps aircraft, as well as aircraft from allied nations. It can refuel both receptacle-equipped and probe-equipped aircraft on the same flight.