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NARA II, College Park, MD
RG 342
Entry P-26
Box 3685
Folder: 452.1
Consolidated B-36
Confid 1945-46-47-48
Declassified via NND 917647
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18 June 1948
AFMRD-3
SUBJECT: B-36A Tanker Aircraft - Performance and Configuration.
TO: Commanding General
Air Materiel Command
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio
Attention: MCREOA--9
1. This Headquarters is desirous of obtaining information for planning purposes which will indicate the operational capability of the B-36A, modified as a tanker.
2. It is requested that typical flight plans be furnished that will show the B-36A tanker refueling the B-29, the B-50A, B, C, D, and the B-52. The flight plan should show the B-52 going to a target 4244 nautical miles from the Base and returning to the Base with one refueling. The B-29 and B-50 series should be shown going maximum distance with one refueling before returning to Base.
3. In all probability it will be necessary to strip the B-36A to enable accomplishment of B-52 refueling, and it is requested that a proposal for the stripping be forwarded to this office.
BY COMMAND OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF:
L. C. CRAIGIE
Major General, US Air Force
Director of Research & Development
Office, Deputy Chief of Staff, Materiel