Close
The page header's logo
Boeing Images 
Cart (0)
Login / Register
0
Selected 
Invert selection
Deselect all
Deselect all
 Click here to refresh results
 Click here to refresh results
Go to Login page
 Hide details
play button
Conceptually similar
KC-97E Stratofreighter Assembly
KC-97E Stratofreighter Assembly 
500th KC-97 Stratofreighter in the Factory
500th KC-97 Stratofreighter in the Factory 
KC-97 Refueling Booms Manufacturing
KC-97 Refueling Booms Manufacturing 
KC-97 Fuselage Section Delivery
KC-97 Fuselage Section Delivery 
KC-97 Fuselage Section Delivery to Boeing
KC-97 Fuselage Section Delivery to Boeing 
Workers Unload KC-97 Fuselage Sections from Rail Cars
Workers Unload KC-97 Fuselage Sections from Rail Cars 
KC-97 Fuselage Sections Delivered by Rail
KC-97 Fuselage Sections Delivered by Rail 
Boeing Workers Inspect Ryan Built Fuselage Section for KC-97G
Boeing Workers Inspect Ryan Built Fuselage Section for KC-97G 
C-97 Stratofreighter Rollout
C-97 Stratofreighter Rollout 
Building the C-97 Stratofreighter
Building the C-97 Stratofreighter 
YC-97 Stratofreighter Manufacturing
YC-97 Stratofreighter Manufacturing 
YC-97 Stratofreighter Manufacturing
YC-97 Stratofreighter Manufacturing 
Transporting a Section of a C-97 Stratofreighter
Transporting a Section of a C-97 Stratofreighter 
Boeing XC-97 Stratofreighter in Front of Camouflaged Factory
Boeing XC-97 Stratofreighter in Front of Camouflaged Factory 
YC-97 Under Construction in Plant 2 at Boeing Field
YC-97 Under Construction in Plant 2 at Boeing Field 
YC-97 Fuselage Manufacturing
YC-97 Fuselage Manufacturing 
KC-97 Stratofreighter's Cockpit During Aerial Refueling
KC-97 Stratofreighter's Cockpit During Aerial Refueling 
C-97 Stratofreighter Cockpit
C-97 Stratofreighter Cockpit 
KC-97 and XB-52 Stratofortress in Boeing Flight Test Hangar
KC-97 and XB-52 Stratofortress in Boeing Flight Test Hangar 
KC-97 and XB-52 Stratofortress in Boeing Flight Test Hangar
KC-97 and XB-52 Stratofortress in Boeing Flight Test Hangar 
Action button
Similar tones
similar-image
similar-image
similar-image
similar-image
similar-image
View images with similar tones
Action button

KC-97E Stratofreighter in the Factory

The tanker version of the C-97 Stratofreighter, the KC-97 aerial tanker of 1950, was the prime refueling aircraft of its day and set the stage for future development of the KC-135 jet tanker. Early jet bombers were limited in range, so the Strategic Air Command needed to give them the ability to make intercontinental missions. Equipped with the Boeing-designed “flying boom” refueling system, the double-lobed KC-97s could dispense 8,513 gallons of fuel while carrying 96 troops or heavy equipment. 
 Add to lightbox
 Add to cart
Unique identifier BI24432 
Boeing ID p11504 
Type Image 
Size 5998px × 4603px   26MB 
License type RM 
Keywords
1950s
airplanes
busy
close-ups
factories
grid patterns
ground shots
half-length views
hangars
historic production status
interiors
left front views
manufacturing
military
military livery
monoplanes
nobody
perspective lines
photos
propeller planes
repetition
stairs, lifts and ladders
tankers
text
unpainted
Restrictions