before they could deploy decoys or maneuvering warheads
fitted with even greater fuel capacity than the Yak-9D to achieve a range of over 2
and a VB-29 on its strength would have carried division commanders and staff across the vast distances of SAC's global operational area during the early Cold War
such as the lack of a warhead
The DB-17 conversion represents a fascinating chapter in the B-17's long and varied postwar service life
Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 60-0366 New Jersey Air National Guard before they could deploy decoysThese are 1 72 scale decals for Boeing KC 135R Stratotanker 60 0366, assigned to the 141st Air Refueling Squadron, New Jersey Air National Guard, based at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey. The 141st ARS is part of the 108th Wing, one of the Air National Guard's premier tanker units, with a long history of supporting both stateside and overseas operations. Flying the re engined KC 135R with its CFM56 turbofan engines, the squadron provides aerial