Aircraft from 136ARW of the Texas ANG seen at an International Air Tattoo

Museum was recently totally enclosed by a fence and is now open to the general public.

With four 28-cylinder radials and two turbojets to manage, the flight engineer was a very busy man on this airplane.

Ex Arizona and Utah ANG 52-2965 is one of six retired KC-97L's stored at Greybull. For some reason it has been fitted with the fin of 52-2680.

Ex-Arizona ANG 52-2761 has been stored at Greybull for many years but is still almost totally intact.

Ex USAF KC-97G 53-218. Converted to KC-97L. Last served 191 ARS, Utah ANG. Seen here stored at Greybull, but still in USAF markings with additional Flight 97 Restaurant logo and titles, from the time it was in use as such from 1986 until 1989. The Flight 97 Restaurant was a two-storey restaurant at the airport at McMinnville, OR, with this C-97 aircraft attached to it as a dining room. It opened for business in Feb 1986, after the C-97 had been flown there from Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ in Sep 1985. The venture was a failure and the restaurant closed in 1987. The C-97 was put up for auction in 1988, but initially remained unsold. It was eventually sold in Dec 1989 and to the Minnesota ANG Museum in 2000.

Three Arizona Air Guard KC-97L Srtratofreighter tankers on oetachment to Rhein-Main AFB with 0-22761 in the foreground.

It was a treat to see these aircraft on visits to Frankfurt in the 1970s. This aircraft of the Texas ANG is seen taking off

A total of 888 C-97s were built, of which 814 were KC-97 tankers. 53-0230 was assigned to the Strategic Air Command in 1955 at Westover AFB, Mass. In 1965 it was converted to KC-97L status at Hayes Aircraft Corp, Birmingham, AL, by the addition of two J47 jet engines and transferred to the Tennessee ANG. To MASDC for storage in 1976 and transferred to the AMC Museum in 10.99

One of three KC-97L tankers supplied to Spain. Note the auxiliary J47 turbojet. Old USAF lettering is coming through on the bulbous nose.