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    Airframe Family: North American P-86/F-86 Sabre / FJ-2/FJ-3/FJ-4 Fury
    Latest Model:F-86L Sabre
    Last Military Serial:53-1030 USAF
    Construction Number:201-474
    Compressed ID:NA F-86L sn 53-1030 USAF cn 201-474...
    Latest Owner or Location:Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Dallas - Fort Worth, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-86D-60-NA by North American at Inglewood, California, USA.

    Circa 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-1030.

    To North American Aviation, Inglewood, CA (NAMIC).
    Bailed back to the NAA factory for tests.

    Converted to a F-86L.

    Circa 1961

    Transferred to 181st FIS, 136th FIG, Texas ANG, NAS Dallas, TX.
    Operated with markings: TEXAS AIR GUARD

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to TX Ang (Dallas), 136 AW/LGQ, Fort Worth, TX.

    Placed on display with Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.
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    Circa 1996


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Dallas Naval Air Station, TX

    March 1998


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At NAS Fort Worth JRB, TX

    24 April 2011


    Photographer: Zane Adams

    23 April 2016


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At NAS Fort Worth JRB, TX.
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