Boeing (Vega) B-17G 44-85774 recovering aircraft that might otherwise

recovering aircraft that might otherwise have been lost to fuel exhaustion

the largest and heaviest aircraft ever designed to operate from an aircraft carrier

together offering two of the most visually dramatic heritage schemes ever applied to the Warthog

and forward air control roles in direct support of Marine ground forces — a mission at the heart of the Corps' integrated air-ground combat doctrine

Boeing (Vega) B-17G 44-85774 recovering aircraft that might otherwiseThese are 1 72 scale decals for Boeing (Vega) B 17G 44 85774, serving postwar with the 4136th Base Unit, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, United States Air Force. By the late 1940s, surviving B 17Gs had transitioned from frontline combat bombers to a variety of support, training, and administrative roles under the newly independent USAF. Tinker Field now Tinker Air Force Base was a major Air Materiel Command depot, and B 17s assigned to base units there