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    Airframe Family: North American F-100 Super Sabre
    Latest Model:OF-100D Super Sabre
    Last Military Serial:56-3426 US
    Construction Number:245-76
    Latest Owner or Location:Grimes ANG - Iowa ANG - 132nd FW, Des Moines, Iowa

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    Dates

    Event

    11 September 1957

    Constructed as a F-100D-85-NH by North American at Columbus, Ohio, USA.
    Factory rollout

    19 November 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-3426.

    19 November 1957

    Transferred to NAMCO, Air Materiel Command, Columbus, OH.

    20 November 1957

    Transferred to 506th Tactical Fighter Wing (Tactical Air Command), Tinker AFB, OK.

    21 March 1958

    Transferred to 413th TFW (TAC), George AFB, CA.

    6 March 1959

    Transferred to 31st TFW (NATO), Moron AB, Spain.

    15 July 1959

    Base of operations changed.
    George AFB, CA.

    8 February 1960

    Base of operations changed.
    Base of Operations changed to Incirlik, Turkey.

    29 February 1960

    Base of operations changed.
    George AFB, CA.

    14 February 1961

    Base of operations changed.
    Clark AFB, Philippines.

    27 February 1961

    Base of operations changed.
    George AFB, CA.

    28 April 1962

    Base of operations changed.
    Kadena AB, Okinawa.

    20 March 1963

    Base of operations changed.
    Homestead AFB, FL.

    30 September 1965

    Transferred to 307th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 31st TFW, Homestead AFB, FL.
    Deployed to Bien Hoa AB, Republic of Vietnam.

    9 June 1966

    Transferred to Air Asia (AAITT), Tainan AB, Taiwan.
    For contract maintenance work.

    19 August 1966

    Transferred to 3rd TFW (Pacific Air Forces), Bien Hoa AB, RVN.

    11 February 1969

    Transferred to Air Asia (AAITT), Tainan AB, Taiwan.
    For contract maintenance work.

    4 April 1969

    Transferred to 37th TFW (PAF), Phu Cat AB, RVN.

    26 May 1969

    Transferred to 31st TFW (PAF), Tuy Hoa AB, RVN.

    17 January 1970

    Transferred to SMAAR, Tuy Hoa AB.
    For maintenance.

    12 March 1970

    Transferred to 31st TFW, Tuy Hoa AB.

    1 September 1970

    Transferred to 35th TFW (PAF), Phan Rang AB, RVN.

    8 September 1970

    Transferred to 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 35th TFW, Phan Rang AB.

    28 August 1971

    Transferred to SMAAR, Air Materiel Command, McClellan AFB, CA.
    For maintenance.

    22 November 1972

    Transferred to 131st TFS (ANG), 104th Tactical Fighter Group, Barnes ANGB, MA.

    20 August 1979

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number FE582.

    11 December 1986

    To Flight Systems, Mojave, CA.

    11 December 1986

    Converted to a QF-100D.
    Drone number QF267.

    By April 1987

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 56-3426 as a OF-100D.
    Painted dark blue with white stripe, US ARMY on vertical stabilizer.

    9 April 1987

    Transferred to 6585th Test Group, Holloman AFB, NM.

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

    Loaned to IA Ang (Des Moines), 132 MXQ, Des Moines, IA.

    By 1994

    To Grimes ANG-Iowa ANG-132nd FW, Des Moines, IA.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: 783, 52783
    Marked as 55-2783, which crashed in 1957.

    29 October 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    29 October 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    14 October 2022


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    14 October 2022


    Photographer: Max Sabin


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    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Internet Sources
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    F-100 Super Sabre Database by Henk Scharringa
    Friends of the Super Sabre
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger

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