• Thumbnail for Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter
    The Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter is a four-engined, piston-powered United States strategic tanker aircraft based on the Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter. It...
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    The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an American military aerial refueling tanker aircraft that was developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype, alongside...
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    The Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter is a long-range heavy military cargo aircraft developed from the B-29 and B-50 bombers. Design work began in 1942, the...
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  • Thumbnail for Boeing KC-46 Pegasus
    The Boeing KC-46 Pegasus is an American military aerial refueling and strategic military transport aircraft developed by Boeing from its 767 jet airliner...
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    Clipper Boeing KC-46 Pegasus Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter Boeing C-127 Boeing C-135 Stratolifter Boeing EC-135 Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker...
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    aviation. It served as basis for the design of the KC-135 tanker and the 707 airliner. The Boeing 367-80 first flew in 1954, less than two years from...
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  • Thumbnail for Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
    The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was a large long-range airliner developed from the C-97 Stratofreighter military transport, itself a derivative of the B-29...
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    portal Aircraft in fiction, Boeing 707 Related development Boeing 367-80 Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker Boeing 720 Boeing 727 Boeing 737 Aircraft of comparable...
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    departed Plattsburgh AFB to refuel a Strategic Air Command bomber. The Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter rendezvoused with the B-47 Stratojet bomber at an altitude...
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  • Thumbnail for 55th Air Refueling Squadron
    The squadron was again activated in 1955 with Boeing KC-97 tankers, primarily supporting the Boeing B-47 Stratojets of the 55th Strategic Reconnaissance...
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    done by fast jet-powered tanker aircraft rather than propeller-driven Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighters. In a demonstration of the B-52's global reach, from...
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    parked. These aircraft were initially Boeing B-47 Stratojet aircraft armed with nuclear weapons, augmented by Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter aerial refueling...
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    at Loring. Although initially equipped with Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighters, it soon reequipped with Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers. It provided worldwide refueling...
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  • Thumbnail for 1965 USAF KC-135 Wichita crash
    On 16 January 1965, a U.S. Air Force Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker crashed in the central United States, in a neighborhood in north-eastern Wichita, Kansas...
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    1992. The squadron served with Boeing KB-29s until 1954 at Biggs Air Force Base, Texas, when it upgraded to Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighters. In 1957 it moved...
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  • Thumbnail for 93rd Air Refueling Squadron
    1949 and equipped with Boeing KB-29 Superfortress tankers. It upgraded to the Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter in 1953, and the KC-135 in 1957. For most of...
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    War, flying Convair B-36 Peacemakers, Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighters and Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers. It also had SM-65 Atlas...
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    Wing as a Boeing B-29 Superfortress medium bombardment wing at MacDill AFB, Florida in 1950. It later flew Boeing B-50, Boeing KC-97 and Boeing B-47 Stratojet...
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    color and lack of relative motion of the Cessna. On January 29, 1969, a Boeing KC-97, operated by the Wisconsin Air National Guard, crashed just short of...
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  • Thumbnail for 9th Air Refueling Squadron
    Squadron was activated in 1951, and has operated the Boeing KB-29 Superfortress, Boeing KC-97, and Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, prior to its current air refueling...
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    Pregnant Guppy Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Boeing B-50 Superfortress Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter Boeing XF8B Boeing XB-44 Superfortress...
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    from a B-50 bomber airfield to a KC-97 Stratofreighter aerial tanker dispersal base. The role was to support Boeing B-47 Stratojet aircraft based at RAF...
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    Douglas KC-10 Extender. KC-10 page on Boeing.com USAF KC-10 fact sheet KC-10 fact sheet on TheAviationZone.com KDC-10 in the Dutch Air Force KC-10 CLS...
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  • Thumbnail for 70th Air Refueling Squadron
    activated as a Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter unit in August 1955. It provided global air refueling for Strategic Air Command (SAC) with the KC-97, and later...
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    Expeditor, Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman, Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter, Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, North American P-51D/F-51D Mustang, Republic...
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    Bell 206 Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter - #039 Masada Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter Boeing 707 - Operation Thunderbolt flying command post Boeing 707 - radar...
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  • Thumbnail for 90th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron
    Squadron was activated at Castle Air Force Base, California in 1954 with Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighters, replacing the 340th Air Refueling Squadron. The unit...
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    with Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighters. The squadron's tankers frequently deployed to England and Newfoundland to support Strategic Air Command's Boeing B-47...
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    KC-10 Extenders and Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers. The Boeing KC-46 Pegasus is currently being deployed for use in refueling. The KC-10 station is in a rear-facing...
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  • Thumbnail for 71st Air Refueling Squadron
    was activated in 1955 at Dow Air Force Base, Maine and equipped with Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighters. It originally supported Strategic Air Command (SAC)...
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