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    Airframe Family: North American P-86/F-86 Sabre / FJ-2/FJ-3/FJ-4 Fury
    Latest Model:RF-86F Sabre
    Last Military Serial:52-4913 USAF
    Construction Number:191-609
    Compressed ID:NA RF-86F sn 52-4913 USAF cn 191-60...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pacific Coast Air Museum, Charles M. Schultz Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-86F-30-NA by North American at Inglewood, California, USA.

    Circa 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-4913.

    Converted to a RF-86F.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Japanese Air Self Defense Force with s/n 62-7428.

    Circa 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-4913.

    Transferred to NAF China Lake, CA.
    Sent to China Lake as a spares aircraft.

    To Pacific Coast Air Museum, Charles M. Schultz Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, CA.
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    13 December 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    20 July 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    24 February 2019


    Photographer: Jim Leslie
    Notes: This photo was taken at the Pacific Air Museum located at Sonoma County Airport, CA. It was an ex-JASDF aircraft that was modified by Mitsubishi from an F-86F to an RF-86F.
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