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    Airframe Family: North American F-100 Super Sabre
    Latest Model:F-100D-30-NA Super Sabre
    Last Military Serial:55-3754 USAF
    Construction Number:223-436
    Compressed ID:NA F-100D-30-NA sn 55-3754 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    15 December 1956

    Constructed as a F-100D-30-NA by North American at Inglewood, California, USA.
    Factory roll out

    5 January 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 55-3754.

    5 January 1957

    Transferred to NAMCO, Air Materiel Command, Columbus, OH.

    8 January 1957

    Transferred to 474th Tactical Fighter Wing (Tactical Air Command), Clovis AFB, NM.

    13 April 1957

    Transferred to 405th Fighter-Bomber Wing (TAC), Langley AFB, VA.

    25 June 1957

    Transferred to 354th Tactical Fighter Wing (TAC), Myrtle Beach AFB, SC.

    28 March 1958

    Transferred to 31st Tactical Fighter Wing (TAC), Turner AFB, GA.

    20 November 1958

    Transferred to SARAR, Air Materiel Command, McClellan AFB, CA for maintenance.

    10 February 1959

    Transferred to 4520th Combat Crew Training Wing (TAC), Nellis AFB, NV.

    27 September 1962

    Transferred to 4510th CCTW (TAC), Luke AFB, AZ.

    14 July 1964

    Transferred to USAF Flight Demonstration Team, 4520th CCTW (TAC), Nellis AFB, NV.
    Thunderbirds.

    28 December 1965

    Transferred to SMAAR, Air Materiel Command, McClellan AFB, C.
    For maintenance.

    1966

    Transferred to USAF Flight Demonstration Team, 4520th CCTW (TAC), Nellis AFB, NV.

    12 October 1966

    Damaged.
    Accident at Nellis AFB.

    18 December 1966

    Transferred to WRAAR, Logistics Command, Myrtle Beach AFB, SC.
    For maintenance.

    22 December 1966

    Transferred to USAF Flight Demonstration Team, 4520th CCTW (TAC), Nellis AFB, NV.

    Circa 1967


    Photographer: Capt. David K. Whittemore
    Notes: Photo taken at Fort Lewis / McChord AFB in the late 1960s.

    31 October 1967

    Transferred to NAMIC (Logistics Command), Inglewood, CA.
    For maintenance.

    30 January 1968

    Transferred to USAF Flight Demonstration Team, 4525th Fighter Weapons Wing (TAC), Nellis AFB, NV.

    13 December 1968

    Transferred to 4510th CCTW (TAC), Luke AFB, AZ.

    28 December 1968

    Transferred to SMAAR, Air Materiel Command, McClellan AFB, CA.
    For maintenance.

    14 October 1969

    Transferred to 58th Tactical Fighter Training Wing (TAC), Luke AFB, AZ.

    9 April 1970

    Transferred to SMAAR, Air Materiel Command, McClellan AFB, CA.
    For maintenance.

    From 9 June 1970 to 1977

    Transferred to 175th Tactical Fighter Squadron (ANG), 114th Tactical Fighter Group, Joe Foss ANGB, Sioux Falls, SD.

    1977

    Transferred to Nellis AFB, NV.

    1977

    Markings Applied: SIX
    Plane restored by Thunderbird maintenance personnel at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., to its original appearance as a team aircraft.

    22 July 1977

    Ferry flight. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    Aircraft flown to the museum by the Air National Guard, and the Thunderbirds presented the aircraft to the museum.
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    16 July 1996


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio.

    14 May 2010


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    5 June 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    17 April 2017


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: In new 4th building

    19 May 2019


    Photographer: Ken Patterson


    Photographer: Unknown


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    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Print Sources
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    F-100 Super Sabre Database by Henk Scharringa
    Friends of the Super Sabre
    National Museum of the United States Air Force

    Individual Contributors
    John Bennett
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger

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