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    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: North American F-100 Super Sabre
    Latest Model:F-100D-85-NH Super Sabre
    Last Military Serial:56-3417 USAF
    Construction Number:245-67
    Latest Owner or Location:Wings Over The Rockies Air and Space Museum, Denver, CO

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    Dates

    Event

    From Unknown to 28 August 1957

    Constructed as a F-100D-85-NH by North American at Columbus, Ohio, USA.

    21 October 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-3417.

    21 October 1957

    To NAMCO, Columbus, OH.

    29 October 1957

    To 31st TFW, Turner AFB, GA.

    1 March 1958

    Transferred to 307th TFS, 31st TFW, Hahn AB, West Germany.
    Operated with markings: FW-417

    19 August 1958

    To CAFMS, Madrid, Spain.

    15 September 1958

    Transferred to 356th TFS, 354th TFG, Myrtle Beach AFB, SC.

    From 19 January 1959 to 13 May 1959

    Base of operations changed.
    TDY to Aviano AB, Italy.

    From 1 May 1960 to 12 September 1960

    Base of operations changed.
    TDY to Aviano AB, Italy.

    7 May 1964

    Base of operations changed.
    TDY to Aviano AB, Italy.

    25 June 1964

    Transferred to 20th TFW, RAF Wethersfield, England.

    From 11 August 1965 to October 1975

    Transferred to 3415th MSG, Lowry AFB, CO.
    Operated with markings: FofSS
    Used as a ground trainer.

    March 1976

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

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

    1984

    To Wings Over the Rockies Museum, Lowry Field (formerly Lowry AFB), Denver, CO.
    Was a static display at Lowry AFB.
    View the Location Dossier

    1994

    Loaned to Wings Over The Rockies Air and Space Museum, Denver, CO.
    Joined the museums collection when Lowry AFB closed in 1994.

    24 February 2011


    Photographer: John Meneely

    28 August 2023


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    28 August 2023


    Photographer: Max Sabin
    Notes: Photo from the restoration area at WOTR.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Friends of the Super Sabre
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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