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F-86 SABRE/52-4986
North American F-86 Sabre/52-4986
North American F-86 Sabre/52-4986 at Oshkosh, WI, 2007.

Serial #: 52-4986
Construction #: 191-682
Civil Registration:
  N188RL
Model(s):
  F-86F Sabre
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2018
History:
  • Manufactured by North American Aviation, Inglewood, CA, 1953.
  • Delivered to U.S. Air Force as 52-4986, 1953.
    • Assigned to the 3595th Combat Crew Training Wing/Air Training Command, Nellis AFB, NV, September 13, 1953.
    • Transferred to the 3525th Combat Crew Training Wing, Air Training Command, Williams AFB, AZ, May 1956.
    • Transferred to the Sacramento Air Material Area, McClellan AFB, CA, March 1958.
    • Returned to NAA Inglewood - Overhaul, May 19, 1960.
    • Dropped from Inventory as Transfer to MAP, August 1960.
  • Delivered to the Argentinian Air Force as C-125, November 19, 1960.
    • Assigned to the 1st Grupo (IV Brigada Aerea).
    • Withdrawn from use, August 11, 1986
  • Coleman Warbird Museum, Coleman, TX, March 6, 1990.
  • D.K. Precision Inc, Fort Lauderdale, FL, June 1990-1992.
    • Registered as N188RL.
  • Michael E. Keenum, Palos Park, IL, June 1992,
    • Flew as 24584/MIG Mad Marine, from DuPage Airport, 1995.
  • Aileron, Inc., Forest Park, IL, March 5, 1997.
  • Warbird Heritage Foundation Inc, Lake Forest, IL, August 2005-2018.
    • Flown in USAF Scheme as 24986/FU-986.
North American F-86 Sabre/52-4986

North American F-86 Sabre/52-4986

North American F-86 Sabre/52-4986

North American F-86 Sabre/52-4986

North American F-86 Sabre/52-4986
As Mig Mad Marine.


Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Federal Aviation Administration.
Warbird Heritage Foundation Inc.
Photo Source(s):
David Staffeldt.
Dave Hackett.
Mark Silvestri
Trey Carroll

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