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.

The B-50’s airframe also served as the direct basis for the design of the Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter military cargo plane, which, as noted by Airliners.net, “formed the backbone of the US Air ...

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 ...

Then, I came across the Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter, a U.S. Air Force tanker aircraft, which is a pretty big plane. I had been looking at several of these Boeing KC-97 planes, but the one I ...

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 ...