The North American F-86 Sabre was a post-war jet fighter that entered service with the United States Air Force in 1949 and was retired from active duty by Bolivia in 1994. F-86s were licence-built in Italy by Fiat Aviazione and in Japan by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries; while variants were produced in Australia as the CAC CA-27 Sabre and in Canada as the Canadair CL-13 Sabre.
Visitors to the Channel Islands Air National Guard Base are greeted by this North American F-86 Sabre. It is restored as F-86A 49-1046.
John Conroy's Coast-to-Coast-to-Coast "dawn to dusk" flight covered 5,058 miles (8,140.1 kilometers). [...]nicknamed California Boomerang[...] The total elapsed time was 11 hours, 26 minutes, 33 seconds. His average speed was 445 miles per hour (716.2 kilometers per hour). Weather across the country caused some delays as Jack Conroy had to make instrument approaches to three of the airports.[...]North American Aviation F-86A Sabre 49-1046 at the entrance to the Channel Islands National Guard Station, Point Mugu, California.