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, 2/11 or 4/11 and, in this case, also the insignia of that unit. 42272 was scrapped at Sculthorpe in 1976.

Credit: Rolf Flinzner

52734 painted to represent 42272. The real 42272 was returned to the USAF at Sculthorpe in 1975 and scrapped in 1976. 52734 went to the Musee de L'Air at Paris Le Bourget after retirement then moved to a campsite at Chatillon-En-Diois in exchange for some DFS230 glider parts by 1987. It then moved to the Musee de L'Aeronautique at Nancy-Essey by 1998 and was painted as 42272. After that museum closed it was moved to Albert in 2004.

A fake serial, as this is actually 55-2734.