The Sea Serpent, a modified Boeing 747 aircraft, taxis out of Pan Am hangar 19 as another Boeing 747 stands in the foreground. The aircraft are undergoing modification as part of a Military Airlift Command plan to use 115 Boeing and McDonnell Douglas jetliners as air ambulances in the event of war. The aircraft, which would be part of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet, would airlift patients back to the United States
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: John F Kennedy Airport, New York
State: New York (NY)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Boyce
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
20/03/1986
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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