Boeing WB-50D 48-060 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Hurricane Hunters large windows

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operated by the Central Intelligence Agency — a CIA-specific variant of the Twin Courier family used for clandestine operations during the Cold War

moving fighter wings rapidly across oceans in support of contingency operations and exercises

part of the Marine Corps' pioneering helicopter assault community that developed vertical envelopment tactics during the Korean War and its aftermath

with the addition of International Orange on the wing upper surfaces — a safety measure to make the aircraft visible to friendly strike aircraft approaching from above while remaining camouflaged from ground observers

Boeing WB-50D 48-060 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Hurricane Hunters large windowsThese are 1 72 scale decals for Boeing WB 50D Superfortress 48 060, assigned to the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron the legendary "Hurricane Hunters" wearing the unit's dramatic natural metal and fluorescent red orange (FS 28913) high visibility scheme. The WB 50D was a dedicated weather reconnaissance variant of the B 50 Superfortress, stripped of its bomber equipment and fitted with meteorological instruments, dropsondes, and extended range