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Major U.S. Air Force aircraft in 1957:
Outer circle, clockwise: Convair B-36 Peacemaker bomber, Douglas C-124 Globemaster II transport, Boeing KB-50 Superfortress tanker, Lockheed C-130A Hercules transport, Grumman SA-16 Albatross rescue amphibian, Northrop F-89D Scorpion interceptor, McDonnell RF-101A Voodoo reconnaissance plane, Convair F-102A Delta Dart interceptor, North American F-l00 Super Sabre fighter, Martin B-57B Canberra bomber, Douglas B-66B Destroyer bomber, Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber, Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker tanker, Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber.
Inner circle: Boeing KC-97 Stratocruiser tanker, Republic F-84F Thunderstreak fighter, North American F-86H Sabre fighter, Cessna T-37A Tweet jet trainer, F-86D interceptor, Lockheed F-94C Starfire interceptor, Lockheed RC-121D Warning Star AWACS.
Center: Sikorsky SH-19A helicopter.

As of 2014, of all aircraft depicted, the KC-135A is still in service, rebuilt as the KC-135R.
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Source U.S. Navy All Hands magazine October 1957, p. 45.
Author USN
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"All photographs published in ALL HANDS are official Department of Defense photographs unless otherwise designated."

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