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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:53-1302 USAF
    Construction Number:203-074
    Compressed ID:NA F-86H-10-NH sn 53-1302 USAF cn 2...
    Latest Owner or Location:South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, South Dakota

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    Dates

    Event

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

    Circa 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-1302.

    Circa 1954

    Transferred to 413th Fighter-Day Wing, George AFB, CA.

    Circa 1957

    Transferred to 83rd Fighter-Day Wing, Seymour Johnson AFB, NC.

    Circa 1961

    Transferred to 138th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 102nd Tactical Fighter Wing (ANG), Hancock Field, Syracuse, NY.

    Circa 1970

    To Fairmont, MN.
    Displayed in the city.
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    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    By August 1989

    Loaned to 28 BW/Mu, Ellsworth AFB, SD.

    By August 1989

    Placed on display with South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, SD.
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    14 September 1997


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    1 August 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    June 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla
    Notes: South Dakota Air and Space Museum

    June 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla
    Notes: South Dakota Air and Space Museum

    31 July 2016


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Forgotten Jets by Nathan Decker
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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