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    Airframe Family: North American P-86/F-86 Sabre / FJ-2/FJ-3/FJ-4 Fury
    Latest Model:F-86D-40-NA Sabre
    Last Military Serial:52-3679 USAF
    Construction Number:190-082
    Compressed ID:NA F-86D-40-NA sn 52-3679 USAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Tennessee ANG - 134th ARG, Maryville, Tennessee

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-86D-40-NA by North American at Inglewood, California, USA.

    Circa 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-3679.

    Circa 1954

    To 47th FIS, 518th Air Defense Group, Niagara Falls MAP, NY.

    By 1957

    Transferred to 37th FIS, 14th Fighter Group (Air Defense), Ethan Allen AFB, VT.

    1957

    Transferred to 4756th Air Defense Wing, Moody AFB, GA.

    1958

    Transferred to 151st FIS, 134th FIG, Tennessee ANG, McGhee Tyson Airport, TN.
    Operated with markings: TENN AIR GUARD

    February 1960

    Permanently withdrawn from use.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    After 2 February 1960

    Displayed in Knoxville, TN for some time.

    Loaned to TN Ang (mcghee Typson), 134 ARW/MXQ, McGhee Tyson ANGB, TN.

    Placed on display with Tennessee ANG-134th ARG, Maryville, TN.
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    Circa 2000


    Photographer: Dave Gorman
    Notes: This F-86D-40-NA (52-3679) is on outdoor display at McGhee-Tyson National Guard Base in Alcoa, TN. It was displayed for years at an outdoor park in nearby Knoxville.

    July 2001

    Presented by the McGhee Tyson ANG Base Chiefs Council.

    27 July 2011


    Photographer: Dave Gorman

    27 July 2011


    Photographer: Dave Gorman

    27 July 2011


    Photographer: Dave Gorman
    Notes: Radome damage from being outside for 10 years after restoration.

    10 September 2022


    Photographer: Bruce Kawakami
    Notes: Newly repainted and put back on display
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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