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    Airframe Family: North American P-86/F-86 Sabre / FJ-2/FJ-3/FJ-4 Fury
    Latest Model:F-86F-25-NH Sabre
    Last Military Serial:52-5513 ROKAF
    Construction Number:193-242
    Compressed ID:NA F-86F-25-NH sn 52-5513 ROKAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:96 Abw/Mu, Eglin AFB, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-86F-25-NH by North American at Columbus, Ohio, USA.

    1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-5513.

    Aircraft was flown by USAF in the Korean War.

    By November 1954

    Transferred to 723rd Fighter Bomber Squadron, 450th Fighter Bomber Group, Foster AFB, TX.

    23 November 1954

    Damaged.
    Take off accident due to mechanical failure.

    From 1955 to 1966

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Republic of Korea with s/n 52-5513.

    Transferred to 10th Wing, ROKAF.

    1966

    Assigned to ROKAF for storage.

    By 1970

    To Air Museum, Ontario, CA.

    By October 1978

    To Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin AFB, Valparaiso, FL.
    Donated for preservation to the museum by Gen. Choc Young Bock of the Republic of Korea Air Force (WikiMapia).
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    1 November 1979


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: F-86F Sabre displayed at the USAF Armament Museum, Eglin in November 1979 as 51-2910 named Beauteous Butch II of Korean War ace Col. Joseph McConnell

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    Taken on charge by the USAF Museum loan program for display by the Armament Museum.
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    By January 1988

    Loaned to 96 Abw/Mu, Eglin AFB, FL.

    By April 1992

    Markings Applied: FU-831, US AIR FORCE, 12831

    Circa 2003


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At Valparaiso, Eglin AFB.

    12 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    Markings Applied: Beauteous Butch II, FU-910, US AIR FORCE 12910
    Marked as F-86F 51-2910, flown by Korean War Ace Capt. Joseph C. McConnell who recorded 16 air-to-air victories.

    28 March 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher

    January 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    January 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla


    Photographer: John Winter via Fargo Air Museum
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