Editing McDonnell Douglas DC-10 (section)

==Operators==
{{See also|List of McDonnell Douglas DC-10 operators}}
[[File:McDonnell Douglas MD-10-30F of Transportes Aéreos Bolivianos TAB.jpg|thumb|This [[Transportes Aéreos Bolivianos]] (TAB) DC-10-30F is one of the last DC-10s in commercial service as of 2024. The aircraft was converted to MD-10-30F in 2009 and is seen landing at [[Miami International Airport]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2024-07-19 |date=2023-02-12 |first=Dave |language=en |last=Hartland |title=The End of an Era: No scheduled DC-10 Service In The US |url=https://avgeekery.com/fedex-retires-the-md-10/ |website=Avgeekery.com}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>]]

On January 8, 2007, [[Northwest Airlines]] retired its last remaining DC-10 from scheduled passenger service,<ref name=nwa_notice>[http://www.nwa.com/corpinfo/newsc/2007/pr010820071733.html "Northwest Brings Customer Comforts Of Airbus A330 Aircraft To Twin Cities-Honolulu Route."] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20130130073621/http://www.nwa.com/corpinfo/newsc/2007/pr010820071733.html |date=January 30, 2013}} ''Northwest Airlines,'' January 8, 2007. Retrieved: February 9, 2007.</ref> thus ending the aircraft's operations with major airlines. Regarding the retirement of Northwest's DC-10 fleet, Wade Blaufuss, spokesman for the Northwest chapter of the Air Line Pilots Association said, "The DC-10 is a reliable airplane, fun to fly, roomy and quiet, kind of like flying an old [[Cadillac Fleetwood]]. We're sad to see an old friend go."<ref name=nw_retires>Reed, Ted. [http://www.thestreet.com/_tscs/stocks/transportation/10294639.html "End of an Era at Northwest."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060714131120/http://www.thestreet.com/_tscs/stocks/transportation/10294639.html |date=July 14, 2006}} ''[[TheStreet.com]],'' June 30, 2006. Retrieved: February 9, 2007.</ref> [[Biman Bangladesh Airlines]] was the last commercial carrier to operate the DC-10 in passenger service.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fleet Info |publisher=Biman Bangladesh Airlines |url=http://www.biman-airlines.com/about/fleet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801052544/http://www.biman-airlines.com/about/fleet |archive-date=August 1, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=BBC_Remembering_DC-10/><ref>[http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Last-Passenger-DC-10-Makes-Last-Flight221084-1.html "Last Passenger DC-10 Makes Last Flight?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301021746/http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Last-Passenger-DC-10-Makes-Last-Flight221084-1.html |date=March 1, 2014}}. AVweb, December 6, 2013.</ref>  The airline flew the DC-10 on a regular passenger flight for the last time on February 20, 2014, from [[Shahjalal International Airport|Dhaka]], Bangladesh to [[Birmingham Airport|Birmingham]], UK.<ref name=BBC_Remembering_DC-10>{{cite news |first= Tom |last= Richardson |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-26259236 |title= Remembering the DC-10: End of an era or good riddance? |work= BBC News Online |date= February 22, 2014 |access-date= February 24, 2014 |archive-date= February 24, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140224110744/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-26259236 |url-status= live}}</ref><ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/todayinthesky/2014/02/21/the-dc-10-makes-its-final-scheduled-passenger-flight/5674881/ "The DC-10 makes its final scheduled passenger flight"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711111847/https://www.usatoday.com/story/todayinthesky/2014/02/21/the-dc-10-makes-its-final-scheduled-passenger-flight/5674881/ |date=July 11, 2017}}. USA Today, February 24, 2014.</ref>  Local charter flights were flown in the UK until February 24, 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://worldairlinenews.com/2014/02/25/biman-bangladesh-airlines-operates-the-last-mcdonnell-douglas-dc-10-passenger-flight-2/ |title=Biman Bangladesh Airlines operates the last McDonnell Douglas DC-10 passenger flight |publisher=World Airline News |date=February 25, 2014 |access-date=October 12, 2019 |archive-date=April 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414045255/https://worldairlinenews.com/2014/02/25/biman-bangladesh-airlines-operates-the-last-mcdonnell-douglas-dc-10-passenger-flight-2/ |url-status=live}}</ref> As of September 2024, two DC-10s are in commercial service, one with [[Transportes Aéreos Bolivianos|TAB Airlines]], a [[Bolivians|Bolivian]] [[cargo airline]] operating scheduled flights in the Americas, and one with the Panamanian start-up [[Cargo Three]], also in the Americas.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}<!-- <ref>{{Cite web |title=FedEx Express ends MD-10 operations |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/123216-fedex-express-ends-md-10-operations |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=ch-aviation |language=en |archive-date=March 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303034545/https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/123216-fedex-express-ends-md-10-operations |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hartland |first=Dave |date=2023-02-12 |title=The End of an Era: No scheduled DC-10 Service In The US |url=https://avgeekery.com/fedex-retires-the-md-10/ |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=Avgeekery.com}}</ref><!-- <ref>Thisdell and Seymour ''Flight International'' July 30 – August 5, 2019, p. 46.</ref> -->

Non-airline operators included [[Omega Aerial Refueling Services]] with three DC-10 based KDC-10 [[aerial refueling|tanker aircraft]] and the [[10 Tanker Air Carrier]] with four modified DC-10-30s used for fighting wildfires.<ref>Sarsfield, Kate. [http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/03/30/324526/firefighting-dc-10-available-to-lease.html "Firefighting DC-10 available to lease."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401035346/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/03/30/324526/firefighting-dc-10-available-to-lease.html |date=April 1, 2009}} ''Flight International,'' March 30, 2009.</ref> [[Orbis International]] has used a DC-10 as a flying eye hospital. Surgery is performed on the ground and the operating room is located between the wings for maximum stability.  In 2008, Orbis replaced its aging DC-10-10 with a DC-10-30 jointly donated by FedEx and United Airlines.<ref>Kaminski-Morrow, David. [http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/04/08/222830/orbis-to-convert-ex-united-dc-10-30-into-new-airborne-eye-hospital.html "Orbis to convert ex-United DC-10-30 into new airborne eye hospital."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410142035/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/04/08/222830/orbis-to-convert-ex-united-dc-10-30-into-new-airborne-eye-hospital.html |date=April 10, 2008}} ''Flight International'', April 8, 2008.</ref><ref name=Orbis_MD-10_release/> The newer DC-10 was converted into an MD-10 configuration and began flying as an eye hospital in 2010.<ref name=Orbis_MD-10_release>[http://www.orbis.org/data/2/rec_docs/819_ORB_MD10_ORBISFINAL_11X17.pdf "The ORBIS MD-10 Project."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613160219/http://orbis.org/data/2/rec_docs/819_ORB_MD10_ORBISFINAL_11X17.pdf |date=June 13, 2010}} ''orbis.org''. Retrieved: September 19, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.orbis.org/Default.aspx?cid=8073&lang=1&pre=view "ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital Visits Los Angeles to Collaborate with MD-10 Project Supporters."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613133522/http://orbis.org/Default.aspx?cid=8073&lang=1&pre=view |date=June 13, 2010}} ''Orbis''. Retrieved: July 11, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.slideshare.net/FlyingEyeHospital/819-orb-md10orbisfinal11x17-4739401 "ORBIS Launches MD-10 Flying Eye Hospital Project."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110801052856/http://www.slideshare.net/FlyingEyeHospital/819-orb-md10orbisfinal11x17-4739401 |date=August 1, 2011}} ''slideshare.net.'' Retrieved: September 19, 2010.</ref> A modified DC-10 is operated by the [[Missile Defense Agency]] as the Widebody Airborne Sensor Platform (WASP).<ref>{{cite book |last1=United States Department of Defense |title=Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS): Environmental Impact Statement |date=2007 |page=CVI |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sxQ0AQAAMAAJ |access-date=10 September 2023 |language=en |archive-date=October 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003180513/https://books.google.com/books?id=sxQ0AQAAMAAJ |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Airworthy aircraft ===
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As of December 2024, there are 10 aircraft that are airworthy, as follows:
*1 with [[Transportes Aéreos Bolivianos]] (TAB) Cargo services (MD-10-30F)
*1 as [[Orbis International]] flying hospital (MD-10-30F)
*4 as firefighter aircraft with 10 Tanker service as [[DC-10 Air Tanker|DC-10 Air Tanker]]
*2 with [[Omega Aerial Refueling Services]] as KDC-10
** Including N974VV, the last flying PW-engined DC-10
*1 with [[Cargo Three]] (MD-10-30F)