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    Airframe Family: Republic F-84
    Latest Model:RF-84F-1-RE Thunderflash
    Last Military Serial:51-1838 USAF
    Construction Number:10
    Compressed ID:Republic RF-84F-1-RE sn 51-1838 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Wright Air Development Center, Dayton, OH

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a RF-84F-1-RE by Republic at Farmingdale, New York, USA.

    30 March 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-1838.

    21 June 1954

    To Air Research and Development Command (ARDC), Edwards AFB, CA.

    Transferred to Eglin Air Research and Development Center, FL.

    By 1955

    Transferred to Wright Air Development Center, Dayton, OH.
    Operated with markings: FS-838

    May 1955


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photographed at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, during Armed Forces Day 1955. Interestingly, the F-86D beside it, 51-6146, was the sister-ship to 51-6145, which set a world speed record of 715.697 mph in July, 1953.

    April 1957

    Scrapped.
    Salvaged at Hill AFB, UT.
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