199th Fighter Squadron (199 FS), Check Six, Edwards AFB, California, First Flight, Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG), Muroc Dry Lake, North American Aviation F-86E Sabre, North American Aviation F-86L Sabre Interceptor, Ron Eisele Twitter feed
1 October 1947. First flight of the North American (XP-86) XF-86 Sabre prototype (45-59597), American transonic jet fighter aircraft. With George Welch at the controls, it flew from Muroc Dry Lake (now Edwards AFB), California. pic.twitter.com/GX7zFAdM2j
— Ron Eisele (@ron_eisele) September 30, 2019
The 199th Fighter Squadron flew the F-86E Sabre, from 1954 to 1958. The squadron later flew the F-86L Sabre Interceptor, from 1958 to 1961.
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