FLYBOYS;
I'm building a F-86F and was wondering when they were in use over Korea what kind of camo. paint job did they use if any?
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F-86F CAMO.?
whiterook
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Posted: Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 09:45 AM UTC
AJLaFleche
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Posted: Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 09:58 AM UTC
USAF aircraft in Korea were natural metal with a yellow strip with black cheat lines around the fuselage aft of the wing and the same marking about 2/3 of the wau outbouard on the wings, top nad bottom. Navy and Marine aircraft were dark sea blue.
I believe the F-86 line was out of service in front line units by the time the AF went to camo colors.
I believe the F-86 line was out of service in front line units by the time the AF went to camo colors.
Phantom
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Posted: Saturday, August 02, 2003 - 06:43 AM UTC
I'll second AJ's remark - no camo on F-86's while they served in Korea (I don't think any of the Air Force birds wore camo in Korea). There were several other countries that had camo'd Sabres later in it's life though.