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    Airframe Family: North American P-86/F-86 Sabre / FJ-2/FJ-3/FJ-4 Fury
    Latest Model:QF-86H Sabre
    Last Military Serial:53-1328 USAF
    Construction Number:203-100
    Compressed ID:NA QF-86H sn 53-1328 USAF cn 203-10...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pacific Coast Air Museum, Charles M. Schultz Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-86H-10-NH by North American at Columbus, Ohio, USA.

    Circa 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-1328.

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number FC313.

    Circa 1969


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photographed at Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ.

    23 January 1969

    Declared excess to USAF needs.

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 9F003.
    Transferred to the USN inventory at Davis-Monthan.

    Transferred to NWC China Lake, CA.

    Converted to a QF-86H.

    28 March 1978

    Struck off Strength/Charge.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to 66 MSG/CE, Hanscom AFB, MA.

    Placed on display with Pacific Coast Air Museum, Charles M. Schultz Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, CA.
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    By 20 July 2013

    Markings Applied: CALIF. AIR GUARD

    20 July 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    20 July 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    20 July 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger


    Credits
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    Forgotten Jets by Nathan Decker
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    The AMARC Experience

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    Mike Henniger

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