@ Chino, CA
May 2019
This veteran Super Sabre served two tours in Vietnam before consignment to the boneyard and later conversion into a QF-100D Target Drone. This hardy bird suffered tail damage in 1988 when hit by AIM-120 air-to-air missile fired from F-15 at Holloman AFB, making a forced landing afterwards. The entire right-hand stabilator was blown off, along with much of the rudder and afterburner casing and rear fuselage skin. Added to the PoF museum collection in 1997. Nikon D500 w/18-200mm.