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    Airframe Family: North American P-86/F-86 Sabre / FJ-2/FJ-3/FJ-4 Fury
    Latest Model:JF-86F Sabre
    Last Military Serial:52-5143 USAF
    Construction Number:191-839
    Last Civil Registration:N25143
    Compressed ID:NA JF-86F sn 52-5143 USAF cn 191-83...
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Experience, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, Kalamazoo, Michigan

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-86F-30-NA by North American at Inglewood, California, USA.

    1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-5143.

    1953

    To Air Research and Development Command, Kirtland AFB, NM.

    From 1954 to 1957

    Transferred to Naval Air Weapons Center, China Lake, CA.

    Having its standard six 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machineguns removed and the barrel openings faired over, it was fitted with a NAKA retractable rocket panel on each side. Test continued into 1957 where after the aircraft was reverted to standard configuration. (1000AP).

    September 1955

    Loaned to North American Aviation.
    Bailed back for tests.

    February 1956

    Redesignated as JF-86F.

    July 1956

    Loaned to Cambridge Research Center, MA.

    1956

    Loaned to Boeing Company, Seattle, WA.
    Bailed for tests.

    1963

    Loaned to North American Aviation.
    Bailed back for tests.

    1978

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.

    1978

    To William Simone, Fountain Valley, CA with new c/r N25143.

    1981

    To Al Reddick and Les Crowder, Sunland, CA keeping c/r N25143.

    1981

    Restoration started.
    Under restoration to fly at Chino 1981.

    From 7 August 1981 to 1990

    To Lesley L. Crowder, Sunland, CA keeping c/r N25143.

    To Yankee Air Museum, Willow Run, MI.

    1992

    To U. S. Marine Corps Aviation Museum, McAs Quantico, VA.

    July 1994

    Loaned to Air Zoo, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, Kalamazoo, MI.
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    19 July 1995


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

    Markings Applied: FU-852, 51-2852

    24 September 2007


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    18 October 2012

    Civil registration, N25143, cancelled.

    To Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Experience, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, Kalamazoo, MI.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     1000 Aircraft Photos (Aeroplane Photo Supply) by Ron Dupas and Johan Visschedijk
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Forgotten Jets by Nathan Decker
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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