Boeing purposefully built the first production tanker in 1950. Four propeller-driven Pratt & Whitney engines powered the KC-97 Stratofreighter. It was equipped with a "flying boom" refueling ...

With its distinctive “double bubble” fuselage, the C-97 Stratofreighter was more than just a striking sight—it was a versatile workhorse built from the bones of a bomber.

when Boeing rolled the Model 367-80 out of its Renton, Wash., plant. The name was intended to disguise the airplane as merely an improved version of the C-97 Stratofreighter. The "Dash 80," as it ...

A pair of related columns about accidents in C-97 Stratofreighter heavy transport planes brought out responses from readers in both groups — lifelong residents and former military, especially ...