Article: [ Panther: Korean War fighter jet gets makeover after years of neglect and abuse ]

Panther: Korean War fighter jet gets makeover after years of neglect and abuse

CHRIS OCHSNER/The Capital-Journal

Combat Air Museum volunteer Don Dawson drives a tractor guiding a restored F9F-5 Panther fighter jet into a hangar at the museum at Forbes Field.

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By J. R. Mendoza

The Capital-Journal

A Korean War-era fighter plane was given new life Wednesday at the Combat Air Museum in Topeka.

Three Combat Air Museum volunteers, two employees of RRS Aviation, of Hawkins, Texas, and an employee of Worldwide Aircraft Recovery Ltd., of Bellevue, Neb., reassembled a restored U.S. Navy Grumman F9F- 5 Panther ...

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