smooth wrote:
It's not easy but can be found in two publications (USAF T.O.'s). One covers USAF-wide markings and the other deals with Korea-assigned F-86's. One problem is that the planes were marked in a general fashion stateside at manufacture, then upon arrival in Korea (like is WWII), once the bird was assigned to a unit, the unit marked it with their scheme. We are completing an F-86F as we speak so we have most of the info. Contact me off line for help.
Interesting. I never knew the yellow/black bands were put on at the factory, nor that there'd be a TO covering their application. I'd always assumed they'd been applied in the field, or maybe at depot level. If you look, you can see some variation in the bands' width, angle, and so forth.