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500th KC-97 Stratofreighter in the Factory
KC-97 Stratofreighter Flying Low Over Airstrip
KC-97 Stratofreighter in Flight
KC-97 Stratofreighter's Cockpit During Aerial Refueling
KC-97E Stratofreighter Assembly
KC-97A Stratofreigther in Flight
KC-97E Stratofreighter in the Factory
Low Level KC-97G Flyby
Dash 80 Parked with KC-97
KC-97 Fuselage Section Delivery
KC-97F Flight Line at Renton Field
F-101A Voodoo Number Four Refueling From KC-97
Dash 80 and B-52 Fly Over KC-135 Rollout, with KC-97 in Background
A KC-97G Stratofreigher Refueling RB-47E
KC-97G Low Level Flight Over Renton Field
KC-97 Fuselage Sections Delivered by Rail
KC-97 Fuselage Section Delivery to Boeing
Workers Unload KC-97 Fuselage Sections from Rail Cars
KC-97 Refueling Booms Manufacturing
KC-135 Rollout Ceremony Fly-by
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500th KC-97 Stratofreighter Takes Off
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.
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Boeing ID
p13916
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