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8/3/2008 6:20:22 PM EDT
Tell me what jet this is, without looking it up, down to the model suffix, as that is a very important part of the designation:

















Mainly, I just wanted to post the pics.  This is in downtown Valdosta, Georgia.
8/3/2008 6:21:00 PM EDT
[#1]
f-16
8/3/2008 6:21:45 PM EDT
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f-16


Seriously?
8/3/2008 6:22:36 PM EDT
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Quoted:
f-16


Seriously?


I'm guessing but I think it's an f-16. The air intake is on the bottom.
8/3/2008 6:22:49 PM EDT
[#4]
F-86D Sabre Dog.
8/3/2008 6:24:12 PM EDT
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F-86D Sabre Dog.


Ding ding ding.  We have a winna..........except I never heard the "dog" part.  I guess that is due to the D designation.

What's the dome for?
8/3/2008 6:24:47 PM EDT
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F-86D Sabre Dog.



Bingo!!
8/3/2008 6:24:55 PM EDT
[#7]
The WGAF-87.
8/3/2008 6:25:06 PM EDT
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Quoted:

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f-16


Seriously?


I'm guessing but I think it's an f-16. The air intake is on the bottom.


See below.  That picture is of a very old airplane, 1950s vintage.
8/3/2008 6:27:12 PM EDT
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Moody eh?

www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=362
8/3/2008 6:29:26 PM EDT
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F-86D Sabre Dog.


Ding ding ding.  We have a winna..........except I never heard the "dog" part.  I guess that is due to the D designation.

What's the dome for?

Radar for the FFAR that replaced the guns.
8/3/2008 6:39:20 PM EDT
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Moody eh?

www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=362


Probably because Moody is in Valdosta, but it was in front of the municipal auditorium.

Thanks for that link.  Check out this prototype based on the F86, the YF93:




8/3/2008 6:40:00 PM EDT
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F-86D Sabre Dog.


Ding ding ding.  We have a winna..........except I never heard the "dog" part.  I guess that is due to the D designation.

What's the dome for?

Radar for the FFAR that replaced the guns.


You know your Sabre jets.