Poor slide, but rare.

Salvaged from a very blurry 35mm slide, this T-28 was assigned to Wright Air Development Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. To 2704th Aircraft Storage and Disposition Group, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 9Jan61. Then to North American Aviation, Columbus, OH. Converted to T-28D-5, line number 206 Assigned to 606th Air Commando Squadron, 56th Air Commando Wing, Nakhon Phanom, Thailand.

On display at the Dayton Aircraft show in September, 1953. Destroyed in a fatal forced landing at Kirtland AFB, NM Oct 9, 1962. Pilot killed.

Originally designated YF-96A, it featured the fuselage of the last production F-84E fitted with sweptback wing and horizontal tail. Note the round intake of the f-84E as opposed to the ovular intake of production F-84Fs. The change was required to accommodate the increased airflow needs of the more powerful J65 engine which replaced the J35 of the F-84E and YF-96A.Iit's last use was in the development of the FICON parasite fighter for the B-36 with the addition of a nose hook and negative dihedral on the horizontal tail surfaces.

Constructed almost entirely from magnesium, designated NF-80C-LO.