I first photographed this Sabre almost exactly 40 years earlier, when it was parked on the grass in camouflage and coded '146' outside Ljubljana-Brnik airport where it had been based. Alongside was the F-84G with which it now shares space in the Pivka museum. The peculiar IF-86D designation was apparently the result of a conversion for reconnaissance in the early 1960s. The restoration in silver colours was completed around 2016

Previously stored at Ljubljana airport, this former Yugoslav air force IF-86D went to Pivka in June 2016.

After the Serbian retreat from Brnik this Sabre was one of the airframes left behind. Now it is on display.

This Sabre was originally constructed as a F-86D and was one of 129 ex-USAF 'Sabre Dogs' that were bought by Yugoslavia in 1961. Around 1963 it was converted to an IF-86D and latterly it was stationed and then preserved at Ljubljana - Brnik in camouflage markings. It has been on since ~2015 display at the super Park Vojaške Zgodovine in this bare-metal scheme.

This definitive identity of this F-86 has not yet been confirmed although the plane flew in its service career with the Yugoslav AF. It is now stored in a yard in this small village.

This Sabre was originally a fighter F-86D, but was converted to a reconnaissance IF-86D and its serial in the 14001 to 14130 range was then changed to14325. It is ex USAF. After it was withdrawn from use it was preserved at Ljubljana-Brnik where it was noted between Jun-1987 to Jun-2011. Next it went to the Park Vojaške Zgodovine (Park of Military History) in Pivka. If you know the unit of the squadron badge, please let me know.

When the Yugoslav civil war broke out, the Serbians left Brnik air base, but left behind this F-86D. In 1998 it was still in place, although nature tried hard to get hold of this storage area.