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    Airframe Family: North American F-100 Super Sabre
    Latest Model:F-100D-75-NA Super Sabre
    Last Military Serial:56-3154 USAF
    Construction Number:235-252
    Compressed ID:NA F-100D-75-NA sn 56-3154 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC)

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    Dates

    Event

    From Unknown to 30 July 1957

    Constructed as a F-100D-75-NA by North American at Inglewood, California, USA.
    Factory rollout date.

    19 August 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-3154.

    19 August 1957

    To North American Aviation, Inglewood, CA (NAMIC).

    9 September 1957

    To 312th Fighter-Bomber Wing, Cannon AFB, NM.
    Markings added: FW-154

    18 February 1959

    Transferred to 27th Tactical Fighter Wing, Cannon AFB, NM.

    23 May 1959

    Transferred to 831st Air Base Group (ABG), George AFB, CA.

    29 May 1959

    Transferred to 27th Tactical Fighter Wing, Cannon AFB, NM.

    Circa 1964

    Transferred to 481st TFS, 27th TFW, Cannon AFB, NM.

    27 November 1964

    Transferred to 309th TFS, 31st TFW, Homestead AFB, FL.

    23 January 1966

    Base of operations changed.
    Cigli AB, Turkey.

    21 April 1966

    Transferred to 307th TFS, 401st TFW, Torrejon AB, Spain.

    By 1968

    Transferred to 90th TFS, 3rd TFW, Bien Hoa AB, RVN.
    Operated with markings: CB

    4 October 1969

    To 492nd TFS, 48th TFW, RAF Lakenheath, England.
    Markings added: LR

    22 January 1971

    Transferred to 48th TFW, RAF Lakenheath, England.

    23 January 1971

    Transferred to 20th TFW, RAF Upper Heyford, England.

    27 January 1971

    Transferred to 182nd TFS, 149th TFG, Texas ANG, Kelly AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: TEXAS

    13 July 1976

    Damaged.
    Damaged in a rough landing at Kelly AFB.

    29 October 1979


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: F-100D Super Sabre of 182nd Tactical Fighter Squadron at Kelly AFB in October 1979

    29 October 1979


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: F-100D Super Sabre of 182nd Tactical Fighter Squadron at Kelly AFB in October 1979.

    By 1984

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

    By November 1995

    Loaned to Lone Star Flight Museum, Scholes Field, Galveston, TX.
    Was displayed on a pylon in front of the museum.
    View the Location Dossier

    26 April 2006


    Photographer: Robert Burger

    September 2008

    Damaged.
    Was extensively damaged during Hurricane Ike.

    August 2017

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC).
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Tail Code: The Complete History of USAF Tactical Aircraft Tail Code Markings by Patrick Martin
    Internet Sources
     F-100 Super Sabre Database by Henk Scharringa
    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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