"Helps Keep them Flying" - Ohakea
- Description
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 01 April 1958, page 7: "An integral part of the global striking force of the U.S. Strategic Air Command, giant jet tankers -- in this case a KC135 -- kept the B52 bombers aloft for incredible periods by aerial refueling. At the rear of the plane can be seen the retractable refueling boom, under the tail."
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Identifier
- 2017-20
- Date
- April 1, 1958
- Digitisation ID
- 2017N_2017-20_014694
- Format
- B&W negative