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The CAC Sabre, also known as the CA-27, was an Australian jet fighter aircraft. It was designed and built by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) in the 1950s. The Sabre was based on the North American F-86 Sabre fighter, and was produced under licence from North American Aviation. The Sabre was the first jet fighter to be operated by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), and was used in a number of conflicts, including the Vietnam War. The aircraft was retired from service in the 1980s and replaced by the F/A-18 Hornet.
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"Connie" as it is affectionately known, was originally built as a C-121C for the United States Air Force, serial number 54-0157, c/n 4176, and was delivered on the 6th of October 1955 when it was allocated to the 1608th Military Air Transport Wing based at Charleston, South Carolina. On the 25th July 1962 it was transferred to the Mississippi Air National Guard and on the 14th of February 1967 it moved on to West Virginia Air National Guard, where it served for the next five years. Connie's last active duty was with the Pennsylvania AIr National Guard from mid 1972 until its relegation to storage at Davis Monthan Air Base at Tucson, Arizona in June 1977.
In 1990 some Society members were in Tucson colecting Neptune spares and saw this derelict Super Constellation. In a moment of madness the thought occurred that it should be recovered to complete Australia's aviation history and negotiations commenced for its acquisition.