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    Airframe Family: North American P-86/F-86 Sabre / FJ-2/FJ-3/FJ-4 Fury
    Latest Model:F-86F-1-NA Sabre
    Last Military Serial:51-2884 USAF
    Construction Number:172-167
    Last Civil Registration:N57966
    Latest Owner or Location:Buckley AFB (North-West Side), Denver, Colorado

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-86F-1-NA by North American at Inglewood, California, USA.

    Circa 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-2884.

    Circa 1952

    Converted to F-86F-2 under Project Gunval to evaluate 4 20-mm cannon armament.

    Circa 1952

    To Air Force Armament Test Center, Eglin AFB.

    Circa 1958

    Transferred to 120th FIS, Colorado ANG, Buckley Field, CO.

    Circa 1958

    Was one of the F-86F-2s that flew with the Minutemen Aerial Demo Team. The Minutemen of the Colorado ANG was the only Aerial Demo Team of the Air National Guard.

    From 1978 to 1992

    To Ben W. Hall, Seattle, WA with new c/r N57966.


    Photographer: G. White
    Notes: In Washington state. Probably in the 1970s.

    May 1991


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn
    Notes: Taken end of May, 1991 at Buckley Field, Colorado.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    1995

    To Buckley AFB (North-West Side), Denver, CO.
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    23 April 2013

    Civil registration, N57966, cancelled.

    24 August 2023


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    24 August 2023


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    24 August 2023


    Photographer: Max Sabin
    Notes: Noseart.


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    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

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    Max Sabin

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