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- Of all the aircraft in
George W. Bush Air Park

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here at Moody Air Force
Base, I think the F-86 Sabre

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is probably the most interesting aircraft.

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The wing that was here at
Moody Air Force Base in 1956

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received this actual aircraft in 1956.

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The wing was called the
3550 Pilot Training Wing.

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They flew this aircraft

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from 1956 to 1960 when it was retired.

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The production cost of the
F-86 Sabre was $211,111 in 1951

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to get to the exact penny.

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They built over 6000 of this aircraft.

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And like I said it was retired in 1960.

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This aircraft was the most successful

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in MiG Alley during the Korean War.

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It had a 10 to one kill ratio
in MiG Alley at that time.

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If you look at the paint
scheme it is painted

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to resemble the 74th Fighter Squadron.

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When they flew the F-86
Sabre the 74th, 75th and 76th

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all flew this aircraft but this
one is painted particularly

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to look like the 74th.

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You also have the original
Flying Tiger patch

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on the fuselage, it shows you
how Walt Disney did design it

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originally with the shield
instead of the chevron.

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This particular aircraft was dedicated

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to Major Lyn McIntosh,
the Valdosta native.

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He graduated from Valdosta High School.

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He graduated from
Valdosta State University

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and then he entered the Air
Force and flew C-130 aircraft

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and was involved with the
Iran hostage situation

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where they were trying
to rescue the 52 hostages

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out of Iran with Desert Claw.

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His aircraft was refueling helicopters

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that were going in for the pickup.

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And there was a little
bit of a miscommunication

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and one of the helicopters
flew into the cockpit

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of the 130 killing Major Lyn McIntosh.

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So this aircraft was
dedicated in his honor.

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And it was rededicated again on the day

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of his death, 33 years later.

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This aircraft was downtown across

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from the hospital on Woodrow Wilson.

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Well, the aircraft sat
there for about 10 years

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and it fell in disarray, no
one was taking care of it.

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And Moody Air Force Base was
opening up their Air Park.

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So they requested the city of Valdosta

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if they could take the
aircraft, bring it on base,

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give it some honor and
put it on a pedestal

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so it could be taken care of.

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The city of Valdosta told him to reach out

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to Lyn McIntosh's family.

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They said they would be
thrilled and honored.

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So on a late Saturday fateful night,

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the 23rd Civil Engineer Squadron,

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went down broke the moorings,

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put the F-86 Sabre on a flatbed
trailer at three o'clock

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in the morning and came down
Bemis at 30 miles an hour.

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I'm sure that was a
sight to see an aircraft

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on a flatbed trailer coming down the road

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when you had people leaving the bars.

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But anyway, Lyn McIntosh
is now in our Air Park.

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He's a Air Force Major
and he is now enshrined

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in the Moody Air Force Base, Air Park.

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He is also, the Post
Office downtown Valdosta

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is named in his honor.

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There's a plaque on the wall

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and it's called Major
Lyn McIntosh Post Office.

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This aircraft came into production in '47.

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That was it's first flight
and it was delivered in '51.

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