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    Airframe Family: North American P-86/F-86 Sabre / FJ-2/FJ-3/FJ-4 Fury
    Latest Model:F-86L-20-NA Sabre
    Last Military Serial:51-2993 USAF
    Construction Number:177-50
    Latest Owner or Location:USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-86D-20-NA by North American at Inglewood, California, USA.

    Circa 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-2993.

    Circa 1956

    Converted to a F-86L-20-NA by North American at Inglewood, California, USA.

    Transferred to 520th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Geiger Field, WA.

    To Birmingham, AL.
    Displayed in city.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    By August 1981

    Loaned to USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, AL.
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    26 October 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    Oldest extant all-weather Sabre.

    9 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    September 2004

    Damaged.
    While displayed in hangar, sustained damage by Hurricane Ivan.

    27 March 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama, United States

    4 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Showing damage sustained with hurricane Ivan

    4 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    4 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    13 April 2015

    By April 2018

    Restoration started.

    4 November 2018


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Glenn Chatfield
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