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    Airframe Family: Lockheed P-90 / F-90
    Latest Model:XF-90A
    Last Military Serial:46-0688 USAAF
    Construction Number:090-1002
    Compressed ID:Lockheed XF-90A sn 46-0688 USAAF cn...
    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 XF-90.
    Ordered as XP-90, but in June 1948 the designation was changed to XF-90

    Circa 1950

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 46-0688.

    1950

    Transferred to Edwards AFB, CA.

    March 1950

    First flight.
    Took place at Edwards AFB, CA.

    1950

    Converted to a XF-90A.
    Installation of two new, more powerful engines; first USAF jet to have afterburners.

    17 May 1950

    First Lockheed aircraft to exceed the speed of sound. Continued in use as chase plane at Edwards AFB, CA.

    November 1952

    Destroyed.
    Destroyed in nuclear tests at Frenchmans flat test range in Nevada. Was subjected to three nuclear bombs.

    2003

    Recovered.

    2003

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    Hulk recovered by NMUSAF. Stored in restoration hangar at Wright Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    By July 2005

    Restoration started.
    The museum plans to display the XF-90 in its damaged, mostly unrestored condition, to demonstrate the effects of nuclear weaponry.

    19 April 2013


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    19 April 2013


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    19 April 2013


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    July 2021

    Made part of the Nuclear Deterrence exhibit in the Eugene W. Kettering Cold War Gallery.

    12 August 2023


    Photographer: Austin Newman
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Wikipedia
    Individual Contributors
     Jack campbell
    Glenn Chatfield
    Adam Estes
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