This photo dates from
September 23, 1991,
when LT Jill ‘Rambo’ Slyfield
in QF-86F serial 562834/37,
and LT Chuck ‘Crunch’ Crooks in
553838/33 made a refueling stop at
McClellan AFB, California. Both were
assigned to the Pacific Missile Test
Center at Point Mugu, California.
Jim Dunn
A
N OPTIONALLY MANNED version
of the North American F-86 Sabre
dates back to 1973, when the
US Navy debuted the QF-86H,
which was used as a pilotless
drone for full-scale aerial target
requirements. The then Naval Weapons Center
China Lake, California, and Naval Air Systems
Command also converted a batch of former
Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-86Fs for use as
targets. The aircraft were lown by the Paciic
Missile Test Center (PMTC) at Point Mugu,
California, for air-to-air missile testing over the
nearby ranges before being replaced by QF-4
Phantoms in the 1990s.http://www.combataircraft.net // November 2018 97