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    Airframe Family: North American P-86/F-86 Sabre / FJ-2/FJ-3/FJ-4 Fury
    Latest Model:F-86H-10-NH Sabre
    Last Military Serial:53-1230 USAF
    Construction Number:203-002
    Latest Owner or Location:Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-86H-10-NH by North American at Columbus, Ohio, USA.

    Circa 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-1230.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to Castle Air Museum, Atwater, CA.

    To Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, CA.
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    By 1991

    Markings Applied: BERNIEs BO, FU-230, 31230

    2 September 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    2 September 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    19 April 1999


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Castle Air Museum.

    By 2010

    Markings Applied: A, 31230

    12 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    12 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    15 July 2012


    Photographer: Michael Rosado
    Notes: Painted in the schema of the 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing, circa 1955, this North American F-86H Sabre sports four 20 mm cannons and represents the culmination of Korean War-era American jet fighters.


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    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    National Museum of the United States Air Force

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    Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols

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