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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-89 Scorpion
    Latest Model:F-89J Scorpion
    Last Military Serial:52-1941 USAF
    Construction Number:N.435
    Latest Owner or Location:Peterson Air and Space Museum, Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, Colorado

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-89D-45-NO by Northrop at Hawthorne, California, USA.

    1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-1941.

    1953

    To 3625th Fighter Training Wing, Tyndall AFB, FL.

    1954

    Transferred to 3550th Fighter Training Wing, Moody AFB, GA.

    By 1956

    Transferred to 65th FIS, 10th Air Division, Elmendorf Air Force Base, AK.

    1957

    Transferred to 179th FIS, 133rd FIG, Minnesota ANG, Duluth AP, MN.
    Operated with markings: MINN AIR GUARD

    September 1957

    Converted to a F-89J.

    After September 1957

    Transferred to 319th FIS, 58th Air Division, Bunker Hill Air Force Base, IN.
    Operated with markings: FV-941

    From By 1960 to 1965

    Transferred to 132nd FIS, 101st FG, Maine ANG, Dow Field, Bangor, ME.

    From By April 1965 to After April 1971

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number FD075.

    22 April 1969

    Declared surplus.

    Placed on display with National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    To Peterson Air and Space Museum, Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, CO.
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    23 February 2011


    Photographer: John Meneely

    25 August 2023


    Photographer: Max Sabin
    Notes: At the time of my visit all of the early Cold War interceptors, including the F-89, were undergoing cosmetic restoration.

    25 August 2023


    Photographer: Max Sabin


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    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

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    Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin

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