VC-47 Skytrain
The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota is a low-wing, twin-engine, all metal, military transport aircraft developed directly from the Douglas DC-3 civilian airliner. Engineered by a Douglas Aviation team, led […]
R50-5 Lodestar
This venerable Lockheed workhorse was built originally as a Lockheed Model 18, a 17-passenger civilian airliner. In late 1941, when America entered the war, all “Lodestars” flying with the United […]
KC-97L Stratofreighter
The KC-97, a first-generation aerial refueling tanker, was designed from the transport version of the B-50 Superfortress, itself a derivative of the B-29. The C-97 was modified to have twice […]
KC-135A Stratotanker
Based on Boeing 707 airframe, the KC-135 was the first totally jet powered, in-flight refueling aircraft. The C-135 models have served in a number of roles: Air Force One, Electronic […]
KC-10A Extender
Designed by Boeing Aircraft as a modification of their DC-10 commercial airliner, the KC-10A Extender aerial re-fueler was intended as a replacement for the venerable KC-135 Strato-tanker. Accepted into the […]
CT-39A Sabreliner
The CT-39 was based on the Rockwell Sabreliner 40 corporate-jet. The aircraft was intended to meet the USAF “UTX” requirement for an economical combat readiness trainer, a fast transport, and […]
C-54Q Skymaster / R5-D
The Douglas C-54 was the U.S. military version of the Douglas DC-4 airliner. The DC-4 had not yet entered commercial service when the United States Government commandeered the Douglas production […]
C-45J Expediter
Beech Aircraft first introduced the Model 18 light, twin-engine, twin-tail, tail-dragger to the civilian market in late 1937. Originally a 6 to 11 place civilian executive transport, the aircraft became […]
C-141B Starlifter
In over forty years of service, stretching from the jungles of Vietnam to thedeserts of the Persian Gulf, the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter the Air Force’s firstjet-powered, heavy-lift cargo aircraft has […]
C-131D Samaritan
The twin-engine, tricycle gear C-131D was a military transport version of the civilian Convair-Liner 340 built by General Dynamics. The first pressurized twin-engine air-evacuation, cargo, aircrew training and troop transport […]