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The KB-50 tanker was a later version of the four-engine, propeller-powered B-50 bomber which first flew in 1947. The B-50, among the last piston-powered bombers built during an era that was to be dominated by jets, evolved from the B-29D. However, because it included so many improvements, it was redesignated the B-50A with 59 percent more power than the B-29. Two 5,200-pound-thrust jet engines enhanced the B-50’s speed when it was converted to the hose-type KB-50 aerial tanker, so it could refuel jet aircraft flying at 400 mph. Some KB-50s served until 1965 and were in action during the Vietnam conflict as refueling tankers.
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Unique identifier
BI24430
Boeing ID
p17973
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4600px × 5996px 26MB
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RM
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1940s
airplanes
B-50 (Model 345-2-1)
bombers
close-ups
day
exteriors
ground shots
historic production status
KB-50 Tanker
military
military livery
monoplanes
photos
propeller planes
right side views
structural systems
tail elevators
tail rudders
tails
Tankers
tarmac
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unpainted
vertical stabilizers
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