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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:52-3735 USAF
    Construction Number:190-138
    Compressed ID:NA F-86D-40-NA sn 52-3735 USAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Crete Municipal Airport, Crete, Nebraska

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    Dates

    Event

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

    Circa 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-3735.

    Circa 1954

    To 14th FIS, 521st Air Defense Group, Sioux City MAP, IA.

    By 1956

    Transferred to 13th FIS, 53D Fighter Group, Sioux City MAP, IA.

    By 1958

    Transferred to 173rd FIS, 132nd FIG, Nebraska ANG, Lincoln AFB, NE.
    Operated with markings: NEBR ANG

    October 1959

    Permanently withdrawn from use.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    After October 1959

    Placed on display with Nebraska State Fairgrounds in Lincoln, NE.

    Loaned to City of Crete, Crete, NE.

    By 1989

    To Crete Municipal Airport, Crete, NE.
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