Gate Guard Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 7/6/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

You are looking for a camo taped pill bottle.
Watch out for muggles there may be a lot of them during the Airshow.

The EAA’s F-86H “gate guard” was acquired from the United States Air Force in 1961. After EAA opened its new headquarters and museum at Oshkosh in 1983, the F-86H was mounted on a pole along the highway that passes the EAA facility.

Although no F-86H ever served in combat, the EAA’s “H” is painted in Korean War colors, in tribute to the pilots and aircrews of that conflict.

The F-86 Sabre was America’s first swept-wing fighter jet. It gained its highest fame during the Korean Conflict (1951-1953) as a “MiG Killer.” Though the Russian-built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 jet fighter was slightly superior to the F-86, Sabre pilots were able to gain the advantage. During that conflict, Sabres shot down 792 MiGs with only 76 Sabres lost—a victory ratio of 10 to 1. All 39 of the United Nations’ jet aces in that conflict were F-86 pilots.

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