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Photographer: Public Domain - US Air Force photo - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Alaniaris
Taken: 1972/1976
Caption: A Boeing KC-97L Stratofreighter refueling two U.S. Air Force Vought A-7D Corsair IIs
Additional Description: A Missouri Air National Guard Boeing KC-97L Stratofreighter of the 180th Air Refueling Squadron, 139th Air Refueling Group, refueling two U.S. Air Force Vought A-7D Corsair IIs of the 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing, based at England Air Force Base, Louisiana (USA). The 23rd TFW flew the A-7D from 1972 to 1981, the 139th ARG retired its KC-97Ls in 1976. The Stratofreighter 53-0283 (Boeing c/n 17065) was loaned to Japan on 4 May 1965. It was returned to the USAF on 23 April 1970 and converted to a KC-97L. Later it was put on display at NAS JRB Forth Worth (Texas). Bought by a private party in December 2001, it was trucked to Colorado Springs (Colorado) and used for a restaurant.
Submitted: November 14, 2021, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.
Database Locator Identification Number: p621287
File Size: 0.917 Megabytes

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