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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-89 Scorpion
    Latest Model:F-89B Scorpion
    Last Military Serial:49-2457 USAF
    Compressed ID:Northrop F-89B sn 49-2457 USAF
    Latest Owner or Location:Lakeview park, Nampa, Idaho

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-89B.

    Circa 1949

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 49-2457.

    From August 1951 to 1952

    To 83rd FIS, 78th FIG, Hamilton Air Force Base, CA.

    1952

    Transferred to 84th FIS, Hamilton Air Force Base, CA.

    1954

    Transferred to 176th FIS, 128th FIG, Wisconsin ANG, Truax Field, WI.

    1956

    Transferred to 190th FIS, 124th FIG, Idaho ANG, Gowen Field, ID.

    1958

    Transferred to 124th Consolidated Maintenance Squadron, Idaho ANG, Gowen Field, ID.

    December 1959

    Permanently withdrawn from use.

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

    December 1959

    Loaned to City of Nampa, Nampa, ID.

    December 1959

    Placed on display with Lakeview park, Nampa, ID.
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    May 1995


    Photographer: Wayne Gomes
    Notes: Photographed in a city park in Nampa, ID.

    2006


    Photographer: Andy West

    1 August 2022


    Photographer: Max Sabin
    Notes: Recently cosmetically restored, this super rare F-89B has become a hotel for local pigeons...

    1 August 2022


    Photographer: Max Sabin
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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