F-86F Sabre, RTAF Aviation Park, Don Mueang, Thailand
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Grahame Cookie
N 13° 55.265 E 100° 37.469
47P E 675509 N 1539596
In the entrance to the Royal Thai Air Force Aviation Park are four generations of jet airplanes of the RTAF, mounted nice and high on display. * The "F-86F" Sabre, is a 1st generation fighter. *
Waymark Code: WMV2VY
Location: Thailand
Date Posted: 02/13/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Team GeoDuo
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The North American F-86F Sabre is a single seat jet fighter, and this one is mounted on a tall metal slanted post.
One of the signs has some history of the RTAF Aviation Park, which reads:

History

"The Royal Thai Air Force Aviation Park has been the brainchild of Air Chief Marshal Itthaporn Subhawong, ex-Commander-in-Chief, for the Centennial of the RTAF Founding Fathers' Aviation, and in recognition of all air force heroes in defence of their homeland.
"The RTAF Aviation Park exhibits main jet fighters of four generations of RTAF's glorious fleet, in a diamond-formation static display, and the development in air power respectively. The cockpit of the F-16A reaching up 100 feet from the base signifies the Centennial of the RTAF Founding Fathers' Aviation."

F-86F 1st generation fighter
F-5A 2nd generation fighter
F-5E 3rd generation fighter
F-16A 4th generation fighter

Some mapping shows that this is in the entry to the Royal Thai Air Force Academy, Don Mueang.

Visited: 8am Tuesday, 22 December, 2015

For an incomplete list of surviving Sabre aircraft (Working, and Display): Wikipedia: Survivng Sabres

Type of Aircraft: (make/model): F-86F Sabre

Tail Number: (S/N): 5060

Construction:: original aircraft

Location (park, airport, museum, etc.): RTAF Aviation Park, Don Mueang

inside / outside: outside

Other Information::
"The Sabre is best known as the United States' first swept wing fighter that could counter the similarly-winged Soviet MiG-15 in high-speed dogfights over the skies of the Korean War (1950–1953)." Wikipedia


Access restrictions:
Not 24/7 Limited parking on-site, with guards at the entrance.


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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)

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