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    Airframe Family: North American P-86/F-86 Sabre / FJ-2/FJ-3/FJ-4 Fury
    Latest Model:JF-86D Sabre
    Last Military Serial:50-0477 USAF
    Construction Number:165-23
    Compressed ID:NA JF-86D sn 50-0477 USAF cn 165-23...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-86D-1-NA by North American at Inglewood, California, USA.
    Originally ordered as F-95A

    1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 50-0477.

    Converted to an EF-86D.

    December 1955

    Redesignated as JF-86D.

    August 1957

    To United States Air Force Museum, Patterson Field (East Side), Dayton, OH.
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    March 1968


    Photographer: Chris Kennedy by permission

    June 1970


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    October 1970

    Transported by ground. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    21 May 1973


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: F-86D Sabre as displayed at the USAF Museum in the Summer of 1973.

    Markings Applied: FU-863, Dennis the Menace, 23863
    Marked as an F-86D assigned to the 97th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, during the mid-1950s.

    21 July 1988


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    6 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    December 2013


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    7 June 2024


    Photographer: Austin Newman
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    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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