100 Super Sabres were supplied to France under the US Military Air Program. When they were replaced by the Jaguar, the survivors were mostly returned to the USAF and most of those via 7519 Combat Support Squadron at Sculthorpe where they were either scrapped or passed on to UK museums or other USAF bases. The first aircraft arrived in November 1975. They were delivered by EC 70 whose "MA" to "MZ" codes they generally wore although retaining the '11' prefix of EC 1/11 or 2/11 and, in this case, also the insignia of that unit. 42165 passed to Duxford on 17th May 1976 where it remains in 2025.

100 Super Sabres were supplied to France under the US Military Air Program. When they were replaced by the Jaguar, the survivors were mostly returned to the USAF and most of those via 7519 Combat Support Squadron at Sculthorpe where they were either scrapped or passed on to UK museums or other USAF bases. The first aircraft arrived in November 1975. They were delivered by EC 70 whose "MA" to "MZ" codes they generally wore although retaining the '11' Prefix of EC 1/11 or 2/11 and, in this case, also the insignia of that unit. 42249 was scrapped at Sculthorpe in 1977.

Supplied to France under MDAP in 1958, many were returned to the USAF and stored at Sculthorpe after being withdrawn. 42196 arrived at Sculthorpe in 1977 and has been displayed on loan at the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum since 1978.

Photographer: Claude RICCI

Wearing Red Flag camouflage