Old Viper Tester Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 F-86Fs of the 435th Fighter-Day Squadron, 479th Fighter-Day Group at George AFB. Watched a terrible sci-fi movie on Youtube last night, "Gog", an Ivan Tors production released in June 1954. The highlight was a scramble sequence circa early 1954. Really like the yellow jeeps for the crew chiefs. Couldn't resist taking these screen grabs... Hope these help someone, Sven 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Beautiful. USAF unit markings on nmf 50's jets, fabulous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Great screenshots and excellent reference. Cheers Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskey Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 (edited) That is awesome!! I'm assuming we don't have these options in 1/48? Edited March 25, 2020 by whiskey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Very nice thanks for sharing... @72modeler may want to 👀 these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 (edited) Indeed he does! Beautiful Sabres, and I really like these markings. Looks like a mixture of F-86F-25's with slats and F-86F-30's with 6-3 wings. A nice mixture of nose wheel types, too. The head-on photo really shows the section of the wing root LE on the 6-3 wing that was removable so the ammo bin access door/step could be lowered, with the detached section lying on top of the wing. Some serials shown: 52-4950 and 52-4947 are -30's 51-13223, 51-13885, and 51-13260 are -25's @Old Viper Tester. Many thanks, Keith for the screen grabs- showed these to an ex-F-86F pilot and he said they brought back a lot of happy memories flying one of his favorite airplanes. Mike @Corsairfoxfouruncle, Thanks for the heads-up, Dennis! Edited March 25, 2020 by 72modeler corrected spelling 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Lovely shots - thanks for posting. Some interesting jets there: filmed in the period June 1953 to March 1954. '385 ended up as a Japanese RF-86F: same aircraft but 15 years apart: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 ...and '947 went through 1708th Ferry Sqn at Kelly AFB, ending its days with the Imperial Iranian AF. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre Freak Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 (edited) ‘947 have rocket pylons? I see x2 pylons between the tank and the main gear. Great photos, thanks for posting Edited March 25, 2020 by Sabre Freak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Yes rocket pylons, usually for small practice pods rather than individual rockets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Great set of pics, thanks for sharing them. I like the mix of markings on them, some with "US Air Force" on them and some without, and the close up that shows that the green fuselage band markings are painted over the aircraft stenciling and refueling point markings. Great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 So these are real life markings as opposed to applied for the movie markings, or not? Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, stevehnz said: So these are real life markings as opposed to applied for the movie markings, or not? Steve. Yes they are, though rarely seen in glorious Technicolor 👍 Edited March 26, 2020 by Sabrejet 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskey Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 23 minutes ago, Sabrejet said: Yes they are, though rarely seen in glorious Technicolor 👍 And this unit does not seem to have anyone that has produced decals for. Correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 (edited) I recall there are a few for another squadron in the Wing but not for 435th FDS. Sadly while there are LOTS of decals for Korean War F-86A/E/F, the other units (the majority) haven't been done much, if at all. Edit: it's Eduard and I see they got the colours wrong because they have theirs in red trim, with 435th FDS badge! Edited March 26, 2020 by Sabrejet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now