Parked on an active airfield ramp, this Boeing Superfortress-family heavy bomber represents the backbone of American strategic air power in the years following World War II. Ground support equipment, including a mobile generator cart and a maintenance ladder positioned at the wing root, illustrates the routine servicing required to keep these four-engine giants combat-ready. Aircraft of this type, developed and refined from the wartime B-29 design, continued flying operational and training missions well into the 1950s. Project: 218710