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    Airframe Family: North American P-86/F-86 Sabre / FJ-2/FJ-3/FJ-4 Fury
    Latest Model:F-86D-40-NA Sabre
    Last Military Serial:14024 YAF
    Construction Number:190-72
    Compressed ID:NA F-86D-40-NA sn 14024 YAF cn 190-...
    Latest Owner or Location:McChord Air Museum, McChord Field, Tacoma, Washington

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-86D-40-NA by North American at Inglewood, California, USA.
    F-86D 52-3669 as 51-5976

    1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-3669.

    1954

    To 47th FIS, 518th ADG, Niagara Falls Municipal Airport, NY.

    Circa 1954

    Transferred to 445th FIS, 530th Air Defense Group, Geiger Field, WA.

    Circa 1955

    Transferred to 323rd FIS, 9th Air Division, Truax Field, WI.

    Circa 1956

    Transferred to 538th FIS, 4721st Air Defense Group, Larson Air Force Base, WA.

    By 1957

    Transferred to 497th FIS, 84th Fighter Group, Geiger Field, WA.
    Operated with markings: FU-669

    1960

    Transferred to 431st FIS, 86th Air Division, Zaragoza Air Base, Spain.

    1960

    Transferred to 3131st ARPS.

    1960

    Transferred to 3130th ABG.

    23 August 1960

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.
    Stuck off charge at Chateauroux AB, France.

    Circa October 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Yugoslav Air Force with s/n 14024.

    Placed on display with Skopski Petrovac AB, Macedonia.

    Returned to the United States.

    4 February 1987


    Photographer: Mark Kennedy
    Notes: F-86D Sabre 52-3669 in Yugoslavian Air Force markings 14024 as delivered to Pasadena, Tx. in Feb. 1987.

    By April 1987

    To Hurricane Trucking Yard in Pasadena, TX.

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

    Loaned to McChord AFB (wa), 62 AW/CVM, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA.

    To McChord Air Museum, McChord Field, Tacoma, WA.
    View the Location Dossier

    5 July 2019


    Photographer: Josh Kaiser
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