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    Airframe Family: Republic F-84
    Latest Model:RF-84K
    Last Military Serial:52-7266 USAF
    Construction Number:222
    Last Civil Registration:N4926C
    Latest Owner or Location:Wings Over The Rockies Air Space Museum, Denver, CO

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a RF-84F-20-RE by Republic at Farmingdale, New York, USA.

    September 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-7266 as a RF-84K.
    52-7266 was converted on the production line to a RF-84K for Fighter Conveyor (FICON) duties.

    September 1955

    To 71st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Larson AFB, WA.
    As a FICON RF-84K, it linked up on several occasions with Convair B-36s during test flights.

    Circa April 1957

    Written off.
    Suffered a landing accident at Larson and was deemed uneconomical to repair.

    12 April 1957

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC).

    9 October 1958

    To Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State Univ, Nashville, TN with new c/r N4926C.

    15 August 1970

    Civil registration N4926C (F-84, 52-7266) reserved.

    8 April 1974

    Civil registration, N4926C, cancelled.

    1989

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    1989

    To Wings Over the Rockies Museum, Lowry Field (formerly Lowry AFB), Denver, CO.
    Transferred back to the USAF for static display.
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    Loaned to Wings Over The Rockies Air Space Museum, Denver, CO.

    24 February 2011


    Photographer: John Meneely

    28 August 2023


    Photographer: Max Sabin
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