F-89B Scorpion - Nampa, Idaho, USA
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Chooch72
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F-89B Scorpion - Lakeview Park - Nampa, Idaho, USA
Waymark Code: WM2EHE
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 10/20/2007
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The F-89B Scorpion, serial# 49-2457, a fighter jet assigned to the 190th Fighter interceptor Squadron with the Idaho Air National Guard. It was in service from 1951 to 1959, and is on loan to the City of Nampa from the National Museum of the United States Air Force. It was placed in its current location in Lakeview Park by Milton Burlile, a World War II veteran who served with the 96th Construction Battalion - "The Fighting Seabees."
Former pilots and crew members helped renovate the aircraft in 2004.
Type of Aircraft: (make/model): F-89B Scorpion
Tail Number: (S/N): 9245
Construction:: original aircraft
Location (park, airport, museum, etc.): Park
inside / outside: outside
Other Information::
Listed Serial# 49-2457
Access restrictions: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
Photo of aircraft (required - will be interesting to see if the aircraft is ever repainted or progress if being restored)
Photo of serial number (required unless there is not one or it is a replica)
Photo(s) of any artwork on the aircraft (optional but interesting)
Tell why you are visiting this waymark along with any other interesting facts or personal experiences about the aircraft not already mentioned.