Boeing KC-97 at KMFR

This particular aircraft was built in 1952 and was delivering to the 306th Bombardment at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida in September, 1953. Over the years it has been deployed to Germany, Morocco, Newfoundland, and Lajes Ab Zores in support of unit movements and special operations.

This aircraft continued its service with a number of Strategic Air Command units before its retirement in 1978 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona.

Her final flight was made in November of 1990 to what was then the Medford-Jackson County Airport.

Source: http://www.co.jackson.or.us/Page.asp?NavID=1173

Category:

People & Blogs

Tags:

• Transporter
• kc-97
• boeing
• tanker
• kmfr
• medford
• oregon

[1stbushpilot]

this looks like a C-97, KC-97 stand for refuel-er, I don't see the crew bubble and nozzle.

[amthomas0412]

I would very much like to see the footage of this aircrafts final flight.

[corymike1990]

@garyford99 i think so, most militaries that displayed flags on their aircraft tails had conpos (mirror image) flags, so which side one was facing didn't madder (The UK started this trend), when other countries followed, errors like this showed up. with an error like this i think they did it on purpose during restoration to make the aircraft authentic.

[indyme2]

If I ever win the lottery, I want to buy that plane!

[garyford99]

The US flag on the vertical stabilizer is not displayed correctly by today's standards. The blue rectangle should be on the right. I can't believe that a museum restoration would not display the flag correctly.

Is that the way the flags were displayed when that aircraft was in service?