Color Sabres by request

[Mark Allen M]

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Some BEAUTIFUL Sabre (and Fury) shots there!

Can't give a lot of help with units, but in looking at a few of the shots going top to bottom:

31418/FU-418 is a great looking F-86H-10-NH from that short period around 1956/57 or so when the active Air Force flew F-86H's before they all went to the Air Guard. Not sure what the Wing or Squadron is.

25222/FU-222 is a beautiful F-86F that was the Wing Commander's airplane while with the 21st Fighter-Bomber Wing at Chambley AB, France during the 1955/56/57 time period. The late Wyatt Fuller's Sabre that was lost in July 2006 was painted in these markings.

8276/FU-276 is a nice looking F-86A assigned to the 116th Fighter Interceptor Squadron/81st Fighter Interceptor Wing at RAF Shepherds Grove, UK around the 1951 time period.

The last photo appears to be an FJ-3 Fury assigned to VF-33 around the 1954/55 period before they were painted in the light grey finish around 1956/57.

Hopefully some others can help identify units for the other F-86A/E/F Sabres in these photos. Love seeing these colorful Sabres and hopefully we will see some of these paint schemes on a restored warbird someday.

If you have any more to share, please do!

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[Mark Allen M]

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[StudeDave]

The Sabre/Fury is one of my favorite jet families!!!

Thanks yet again for the awesome photos.
Please keep them coming.

[Mark Allen M]

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Last edited by Mark Allen M on Fri Aug 31, 2012 12:08 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Yeah, nice shot of the Territory of Hawaii Air National Guard's F-47N Thunderbolt, F-86E Sabre and T-33A Shooting Star from around late 1953/early 1954 or so.

Saw it posted on the Flying Heritage Collection's Facebook page earlier today.

And as for the one of a kind TF-86, while unique, that is one Sabre that I don't really care for. The large canopy and extended length really hurts the beauty of the classic Sabre design and lines in my opinion.

[DaveG]

This one was at the fantastic Aviation Heritage show at Clark County, IN in either 1994 or 1995. Ex-Bolivian.



Sure looks similar to this one that Zane posted here: (http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.o ... &view=next)

[Misterg97]