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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-89 Scorpion
    Latest Model:F-89C-25-NO Scorpion
    Last Military Serial:51-5766 USAF
    Compressed ID:Northrop F-89C-25-NO sn 51-5766 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC)

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-89C-25-NO by Northrop at Hawthorne, California, USA.

    Circa 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-5766.

    Circa July 1952

    Used in trails for the unsuccessful Oerlikon 30mm cannon before being converted back to regular configuration.

    By 1954

    Transferred to 74th FIS, 4711th ADW, Thule AB, Greenland.

    1954


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photo taken at Bluie West One, Greenland. Sadly, the photographer is not known.

    Circa 1954


    Photographer: Unknown

    Circa 1954


    Photographer: Unknown

    1954

    Transferred to 126th FIS, 133D FG, Wisconsin ANG, General Mitchell Field, WI.

    By 1956

    Transferred to 186th FIS, 120th FIG, Montana ANG, Great Falls AP, MT.
    Operated with markings: MONT AIR GUARD

    By 1958

    Transferred to 120th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (CAMRON), 120th FIG, Montana ANG, Great Falls AP, MT.

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC).

    After 23 October 1958

    Scrapped.
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