This official U.S. Air Force photograph documents a Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter (or KC-97 Stratotanker), serial number 22762, on the ramp at an Air Force base. Derived from the wings and engines of the B-29/B-50 Superfortress, the C-97/KC-97 family served throughout the 1950s and 1960s as a critical airlifter and aerial refueling tanker, supporting Strategic Air Command's bomber fleet and Military Air Transport Service cargo operations during the early Cold War era. Project: 218218