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    Airframe Family: North American P-86/F-86 Sabre / FJ-2/FJ-3/FJ-4 Fury
    Latest Model:F-86F-30-NA Sabre
    Last Military Serial:656 FABo
    Last Civil Registration:N86NA
    Compressed ID:NA F-86F-30-NA sn 656 FABo cr N86NA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Fort Worth Aviation Museum, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1952

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

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Fuerza Aerea Venezolana with s/n 52-4731.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Fuerza Aerea Boliviana with s/n 656.

    March 1994

    To Dixie Air Parts, TX.

    March 1994

    Recovered.
    Recovered from Bolivia by Dixie Air Parts, TX.

    4 August 1995

    To Dixie Air Parts, San Antonio, TX with new c/r N86NA.

    October 1995

    Spotted stored in Arlington, TX.

    15 May 1997


    Photographer: Zane Adams
    Notes: N86NA on the ramp at NASJRB Fort Worth - Carswell AFB

    From 28 January 1998 to By 2001

    To Texas Air Command Museum, Arlington, TX.

    28 January 1998

    To Texas Air Command Llc, Streetman, TX keeping c/r N86NA.

    16 March 1998

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX86NA (F-86F, 524731) issued.

    8 May 2001

    To Texas Air Command Museum Inc, Grand Prairie, TX keeping c/r N86NA.

    Markings Applied: 524731, FU-731

    Based at Vintage Flying Museum, Fort Worth Meacham Airport/Meacham Field, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.
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    Markings Applied: FU-731

    To Spinks Airport, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.
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    12 August 2006


    Photographer: Zane Adams
    Notes: N86NA out side of the Vintage Flying Museum - Fort Worth, TX

    1 January 2016

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX86NA (F-86F, 524731) issued.

    13 January 2025

    Transported by ground. Delivered to Fort Worth Aviation Museum, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, TX.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Zane Adams
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