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Designed to be a fighter-bomber version of the classic Sabre, the F-86H was the right aircraft at the wrong time. Powered by the General Electric J-73, offering a 51% improvement in power over the more common J-47-GE-27 used in the F-86F, this aircraft would compete with North Americans newest creation at the time, the F-100. Serving for a short time in front line service with the United States Air Force, it was soon to be passed to the Air National Guard where it would serve into the 1970's. A shortage of engines (there were only 473 units made)made for maintenance nightmares but the crew chiefs and mechanics continued to keep these fighters airborne. Eventually, surviving aircraft would be target drones, scrapped or used as Gate Guards. Here are a few of those aircraft.

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YF-86H-1-NH 52-1976 AFFTC, Edwards AFB (Note NACA air duct on side of fuselage)

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F-86H-1-NH 52-1978 195th TFS, California Air National Guard, Van Nuys Airport, CA

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F-86H-1-NH 52-1981, AFFTC, Edwards AFB, PILOT: Capt. Joseph McConnell (Aircraft crashed 25 August 1954 with loss of plane and pilot)

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F-86H-1-NH 52-1983, AFFTC, Edwards AFB, PILOT: Grumman Test Pilot Corwin "Corky" Meyer

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F-86H-1-NH 52-1996, F-104S Starfighter Chase Plane

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F-86H-1-NH 52-1996, 167th FIS (RED Flight), West Virginia Air National Guard

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F-86H-1-NH 52-2035, 131st TFS, MASS Air National Guard

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F-86H-1-NH 52-2039 386th FBS, 312th FBW

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F-86H-1-NH 52-2040 167th FIS (BLACK Flight), West Virginia Air National Guard

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F-86H-1-NH 52-2050 3395th Combat Crew Training Wing, Nellis AFB

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F-86H-1-NH 52-2056 385th FBS, 312th FBW

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F-86H-1-NH 52-2057 131st TFS, MASS Air National Guard

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F-86H-1-NH 52-2074 F-104S Starfighter Chase Plane

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F-86H-1-NH 52-2077 388th TFS, 312th FBW

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F-86H-5-NH 52-2090 138th TFS, New York Air National Guard

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F-86H-5-NH 52-2097 104th TFS, Maryland Air National Guard (Playboy)

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F-86H-5-NH 52-2113 533rd FDS,83rd FDW

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F-86H-5-NH 52-2116 138th TFS, New York Air National Guard

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F-86H-5-NH 195th TFS, California Air National Guard, Van Nuys Airport, CA

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F-86H-5-NH 52-2122 138th TFS, New York Air National Guard

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F-86H-1-NH 52-2003 AFFTC, Edwards AFB (used in movie The McConnell Story. PILOT: Fictional: Lt. Roy Singer)

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F-86H-5-NH 52-2750 429th FBS, 312th FBW (Number 7 on fuselage indicates aircraft was part of 474th FBG gunnery team)

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F-86H-5-NH 52-5730 430th FBS, 312th FBW

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QF-86H-5-NH 52-5744 Point Mugu NAS, U.S. Navy

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F-86H-5-NH 52-5752 532nd FDS, 83rd FDW

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F-86H-5-NH 52-5753 121st TFS, D.C. Air National Guard (Have Guns Will Travel)

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F-86H-10-NH 53-1234 434th FDS, 479th FDW (PILOT: Col. George Laven Jr., 413th FBW commander)

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F-86H-10-NH 53-1241 34th FDS, 479th FDW

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F-86H-10-NH 53-1249 104th TFS, Air Force Reserve, Maryland Air National Guard (During time of Pueblo Crisis, 1968)

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F-86H-10-NH 53-1250 104th TFS, Maryland Air National Guard

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F-86H-10-NH 53-1273 312th FBW "Honcho"

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F-86H-10-NH 53-1274 428th FBS, 312th FBW

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F-86H-10-NH 53-1280 1st FG

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F-86H-10-NH 53-1283 1st FG (top), unknown unit (bottom)

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F-86H-10-NH 53-1289 21st FDS, 479th FDW

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F-86H-10-NH 53-1303 430th FBS, 312th FBW

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F-86H-10NH 53-1313 430th TFS, 312th FBW

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F-86H-10-NH 53-1321 136th TFS, New York Air National Guard

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F-86H-10-NH 53-1337 121st TFS, D.C. Air National Guard

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F-86H-10-NH 53-1353, 3395th Combat Crew Training Wing, Nellis AFB

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F-86H-10-NH 53-1386 101st TFS, MASS Air National Guard

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F-86H-10-NH 53-1387 104th TFS, Maryland Air National Guard (Little Miss Mary) PILOT: Col. J.F.R. Scott Jr.

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F-86H-10-NH 53-1391 34th FCS, 83rd FDW

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F-86H-10-NH 53-1405 10th FBS, 50th FBW PILOT: Lt. Jack Lowery

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QF-86H-10-NH 53-1409 China Lake, U.S. Navy

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F-86H-10-NH 53-1423 3595th Combat Crew Training Wing

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F-86H-10-NH 53-1444 417th FBS, 50th FBW PILOT: Col. Fred Ascanti

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F-86H-10-NH 53-1500 417th FBS, 50th FBW PILOT: Col. Robertson

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F-86H-1-NH 52-2044 from the 167th F.I.S. (Green Flight) of the West Virginia ANG based at Martinsburg, 1958. The aircraft is one of the only "H" model Sabres with illustrated nose art, in this case, "Howdy Doody" and was flown by 1Lt Al R. Ogden.

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pappychksix - I recently visited the Howdy Doody in it's current location. According to my research, she was reassembled after being (almost) scrapped, and now sits in front of the Warren County, VA airport in Front Royal, VA.

https://picasaweb.google.com/107735441162393980852/TheHowdyDoody#5658236425674172210

Reply if you'd like more photos.

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pappychksix - I recently visited the Howdy Doody in it's current location. According to my research, she was reassembled after being (almost) scrapped, and now sits in front of the Warren County, VA airport in Front Royal, VA.

https://picasaweb.google.com/107735441162393980852/TheHowdyDoody#5658236425674172210

Reply if you'd like more photos.

WOW !!! That is nice...I think you should your photos in the PARKING LOT Thread where each aircraft has a category for photos and more people will see them there ...Just a thought... you can post mroe here for ME too ..Nice to see them... :thumbsup:

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WOW !!! That is nice...I think you should your photos in the PARKING LOT Thread where each aircraft has a category for photos and more people will see them there ...Just a thought... you can post mroe here for ME too ..Nice to see them... :thumbsup:

Holmes - I may do that when time permits. I just came across this site as I was researching the F-86 and saw Pete's images and information. So I have not browsed beyond this post.

Thanks for the reply. I'll post here when I get the photos posted.

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Holmes - I may do that when time permits. I just came across this site as I was researching the F-86 and saw Pete's images and information. So I have not browsed beyond this post.

Thanks for the reply. I'll post here when I get the photos posted.

A story on the Howdy Doody's Crew Chief Cecil Artrip visiting her. "Airport's 'Howdy' gets a special visitor" - http://www.shenandoah.com/stories/?id=2199

Former 167th Airlift Wing Fighter Jet Finds New Home - The Reunion of Artrip and Pilot Al Ogden. http://www.167aw.ang.af.mil/news/story_print.asp?id=123115357

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A story on the Howdy Doody's Crew Chief Cecil Artrip visiting her. "Airport's 'Howdy' gets a special visitor" - http://www.shenandoah.com/stories/?id=2199

Former 167th Airlift Wing Fighter Jet Finds New Home - The Reunion of Artrip and Pilot Al Ogden. http://www.167aw.ang.af.mil/news/story_print.asp?id=123115357

And the full sized image of the Pilot, Crew Chief, and 2 other CCs who helped restore the Howdy Doody. http://www.167aw.ang.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/080913-F-3615B-009.jpg

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And the full sized image of the Pilot, Crew Chief, and 2 other CCs who helped restore the Howdy Doody. http://www.167aw.ang.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/080913-F-3615B-009.jpg

Thanks for the pics. The one I found was a small picture that had been taken from quite a distance and with that I made the AC profile. There was also a bigger picture of the "nose art" when the aircraft was lying in a state of disrepair and some one had shot three holes through "Howdy Doody's Face. Again, thanks for the story and the pics...Pete

http://www.pictorialhistoriespublishing.com/images/Mountaineer-Sabers.jpg

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