The Snapshots in Time Collection

Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter/Stratotanker, U.S. Air Force, Tail No. 22762, Rear Quarter View on Ramp

Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter/Stratotanker, U.S. Air Force, Tail No. 22762, Rear Quarter View on Ramp

Photographed from the rear quarter, this Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter, tail number 22762, is parked on a ramp shared with commercial air carriers, a common arrangement at joint civil-military airfields during the 1950s. The aircraft's four radial engines and boxy double-bubble fuselage made it instantly recognizable on flight lines across the country during the early Cold War. Project: 218468