This striking overhead photograph captures a Boeing KB-50 tanker refueling two North American F-100 Super Sabre fighters simultaneously via wingtip hose-and-drogue units. Converted from surplus B-50 Superfortress bombers, KB-50 tankers extended the operational range of Tactical Air Command's jet fighters throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, a critical capability as the Air Force adapted Korean War-era airframes to support the emerging supersonic jet age. Project: 218472