70th SCRAP BOOK

70th AIR REFUELING ASSOCIATION

SCRAP BOOK



Table of Contents

Title Page

A letter from Dave Roberts .................................................................. page 2
70th Air Refueling Association ............................................................. page 4
Boeing's contributions ........................................................................... page 5
The 500th KC-97 ................................................................................... page 9
Boeing's history of the KC-97 .............................................................. page 10
The KC-97 technical data ..................................................................... page 21
KC-97's production flow chart .............................................................. page 23
The chronology and spec's of the KC-97 ............................................. page 25
Air Refueling chronology - Boeing Airplane Company ....................... page 31
A Boeing Airplane Company news brief .............................................. page 37
A picture of a KC-97 and a B-50 hooked up ........................................ page 39
Rear view of a KC-97 refueling a B-47 ................................................ page 40
A picture of a B-47 in contact for refueling .......................................... page 41
An areial view of Harmon AFB ............................................................. page 42
The last KC-97L .................................................................................... page 44
The last flyable KC97 Tanker .............................................................. page 45
The oldest active Boom Operator ........................................................ page 47
SAC Partners ......................................................................................... page 48
A lone KC-97, coming home perhaps? ................................................. page 49
3 KC-97s flying in formation. ................................................................ page 50
4 KC-97s flying in formation. ................................................................ page 51
A KC-97 and a B-47 in contct for refueling. ......................................... page 52
A C-5A approaching a KC-135 for refueling ........................................ page 54
Boomer's view of a C-5A ....................................................................... page 55
Refueling the C-5A. ............................................................................... page 56
An F-101 nearing contact position. ....................................................... page 57
An F-101 in contact position. ................................................................. page 58
An F-105 refueling in the Gulf of Tonkin. ............................................. page 59
A KC-135 and an F-100 refueling. ........................................................ page 60
A proximity test with the F-100. ............................................................ page 61
A FB-111 refueling. ................................................................................ page 62
A 747 and a KC-135 proximity test. ...................................................... page 63
A 747 and a B-52 proximity test. ........................................................... page 64
A 747 and a SR-71 hooked-up. .............................................................. page 65
A 747 and a FB111 hooked-up. .............................................................. page 66
Proximity test with the first AWACS built. ........................................... page 67
A side view of above test. ...................................................................... page 68
An AWACS moving in contact position. ............................................... page 69
A booklet of Griffin Jones' orders while Little Rock AFB .................. page 70






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