F-86H Sabre at Chippewa, PA

The F-86H "Sabre Hog" was the last of the series to remain in service with the Air National Guard, the final examples not being retired until 1970, and even then some examples were transferred to Navy control for use as adversary aircraft and later drones.

Powered by a General J73 in place of the GE J47s used on earlier USAF Sabres, the F-86H also had a reinforced airframe, and the capability to carry tactical nuclear weapons. Most examples had a quartet of 20mm in place of the six .50 caliber machine guns carried by most American F-86s.

This particular airframe is preserved on a pole at the Beaver County Airport at Chippewa PA, and is seen in 2005. Closeup F-86H Sabre forward fuselage


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