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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-89 Scorpion
    Latest Model:F-89J Scorpion
    Last Military Serial:53-2610 USAF
    Construction Number:N.4741
    Compressed ID:Northrop F-89J sn 53-2610 USAF cn N...
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin AFB, Valparaiso, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-89D-65-NO by Northrop at Hawthorne, California, USA.

    August 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-2610.

    1955

    Transferred to 32nd Fighter-Day Squadron, 36th Fighter-Day Group, Otis AFB, MA.

    1956

    Transferred to 98th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, 4709th Air Defense Wing, Dover Air Force Base, DE.

    January 1957

    Converted to a F-89J.

    1957

    Transferred to 445th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, 412th Fighter Group, Wurtsmith AFB, MI.

    1960

    Transferred to 178th Fighter Interceptor Squadron (ANG), 119th Fighter Wing, Hector Field, ND.

    October 1966

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to 96 ABW/MU, Eglin AFB, FL.

    1966

    To Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin AFB, Valparaiso, FL.
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    Markings Applied: FV-610
    Composite with 52-1899.

    Circa 2003


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At Valparaiso, Eglin AFB.

    12 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    12 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    28 March 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
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