A U.S. Air Force Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter sits on the ramp at an American airfield. Developed from the B-29/B-50 Superfortress bomber lineage, the C-97 and its KC-97 tanker variant served the Air Force from the late 1940s into the 1960s, hauling cargo and personnel and refueling jet-age bombers and fighters in flight during the early Cold War period. Project: 218191