- 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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Boeing KC-97
Stratofreighter is a four-engined, piston-powered
United States strategic tanker aircraft based on the
Boeing C-97
Stratofreighter. It replaced...
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Stratocruiser was a
large long-range
airliner developed from the C-97
Stratofreighter military transport,
itself a
derivative of the B-29 Superfortress....
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Boeing reopened the
Renton plant in 1949 to
build the
Boeing C-97
Stratofreighter and it has been in use since. The
Renton plant would also be used as...
- jet-powered
tanker aircraft rather than propeller-driven
Boeing KC-97
Stratofreighters. In a
demonstration of the B-52's
global reach, from 16 to 18 January...
- (USAF)'s
first jet-powered
refueling tanker and
replaced the KC-97
Stratofreighter. The KC-135 was
initially tasked with
refueling strategic bombers,...
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Stratocruiser Boeing B-50
Superfortress Boeing C-97
Stratofreighter Boeing KC-97
Stratofreighter Boeing XF8B
Boeing XB-44
Superfortress Convair B-36 Peacemaker...
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occurred on 30 July 1987, when a
Belize Air
International Boeing C-97G
Stratofreighter,
bound for Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood
International Airport crashed...
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Command (SAC), and
began hosting B-50
Superfortresses in 1951, and KC-97
Stratofreighters from 1953
until 1958. The
Military Air
Transport Service transferred...
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Military Air
Transport Service (MATS),
equipped with 4-engined C-97
Stratofreighter transports. From St. Joseph, the 180th
augmented MATS
airlift capability...
