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U.S. Air Force/Ohio Air National Guard Boeing KC-97L Stratofreighter flying tanker Zeppelinheim resemblea the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser airliner with two major external differences: a radome under the cockpit and a pair of jet engines supplementing the four Wasp Major-driven propellers. Zeppelinheim's name, printed on the fuselage in Fraktur letters, comes from the German city near Frankfurt am Main in the state of Hesse. By the time this KC-97L entered service, Zeppelinheim no longer hosted airships, and instead hosted the now-closed Rhein-Mein Air Base. Zeppelinheim now sits in the Korean War hangar of the National Museum of the United States Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio).

Description
U.S. Air Force/Ohio Air National Guard Boeing KC-97L Stratofreighter flying tanker Zeppelinheim resemblea the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser airliner with two major external differences: a radome under the cockpit and a pair of jet engines supplementing the four Wasp Major-driven propellers. Zeppelinheim's name, printed on the fuselage in Fraktur letters, comes from the German city near Frankfurt am Main in the state of Hesse. By the time this KC-97L entered service, Zeppelinheim no longer hosted airships, and instead hosted the now-closed Rhein-Mein Air Base. Zeppelinheim now sits in the Korean War hangar of the National Museum of the United States Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio).