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F-86F "The Huff"

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December 28, 2024
This is Lieutenant Jim Thompson's F-86F Sabre, "The Huff"
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December 28, 2024
"The Huff" is famed for being photographed with the most astounding nose art of any USAF fighter in Korea.
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December 28, 2024
Pilot, Jim Thompson, was a wingman in the 39th FIS of the 51st FIW, at Suwon (K-13), South Korea, in 1953.
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December 28, 2024
When Thompson shot down a MiG-15 in May 1953 with a dragon painted on its nose he convinced his Crew Chief to put a dragon on his Sabre.
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December 28, 2024
On the starboard side of "The Huff" there is artwork for ‘Miss Jenny" & "Bill’s Baby" and the names of JW Manney and LD Cromwell.
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December 28, 2024
I've yet to find any reference to why or when these were added ... so most interesting!

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8 28 December 2024, 12:05

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The kit I've used here is the 2022 release of Airfix's 1:48 scale F-86F Sabre with "The Huff" decals from the 1998 (2011 release) Academy F-86F kit.

F-86F "The Huff"

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1:48 North American F-86F-40 Sabre (Airfix A08110)

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