Boeing (Vega) B-17G 44-85774 assigned to the 3rd Air

assigned to the 3rd Air Division

The Air Technical Service Command was the USAAF organization responsible for the procurement

and the program ultimately did not lead to a production turbine-powered Bird Dog — but it represents a fascinating and little-known chapter in Army aviation's postwar push to explore new technologies

In the years following World War II

Boeing (Vega) B-17G 44-85774 assigned to the 3rd AirThese 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