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| Centerline Wing Tip Tank<ref name="ACL-CWTT-T1">{{cite book |title=Illustrated Parts Breakdown: Centerline Wing Tip Tank |date=1 December 1958 |pages=title, 1 |url=http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/june22fulfwam14 |access-date=6 August 2026}}</ref> ||  || || || External, wingtip || Fletcher Aviation{{efn|Under license from Lockheed Aircraft.}}<ref name="ACL-CWTT-T1" /> ||  ||
| Centerline Wing Tip Tank<ref name="ACL-CWTT-T1">{{cite book |title=Illustrated Parts Breakdown: Centerline Wing Tip Tank |date=1 December 1958 |pages=title, 1 |url=http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/june22fulfwam14 |access-date=6 August 2026}}</ref> ||  || || || External, wingtip || Fletcher Aviation{{efn|Under license from Lockheed Aircraft.}}<ref name="ACL-CWTT-T1" /> ||  ||
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| Unknown || 120 gallons<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /> || || || External || Pastushin Aviation<ref name="Proxibid">{{cite web |title=Korean War North American F-86 Sabre Drop Tank |url=http://www.proxibid.com/lotinformation/50390679/korean-war-north-american-f86-sabre-drop-tank |website=Proxibid |access-date=21 August 2026 |date=12 October 2019}}</ref>, Shin Meiwa Industry<ref name="Spennemann">{{cite web |last1=Spennemann |first1=Dirk H.R. |title=Secondary Use of Artefacts and the Development of a New Historical Context: An Example of the Jet Age |url=http://marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/B24/Drop_Tanks.html |website=Digital Micronesia |access-date=26 March 2024 |date=1995}}</ref> || F-86E<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /> || Type I (knockdown kit, not in-flight refuellable)<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /><ref name="VMFA251-FHNMFJ3A-95" />{{efn|name=type|The "type" of F-86/FJ drop tanks is unrelated to capacity. Any type can be any capacity. It instead describes whether they come preassembled and/or can be refueled in flight.<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120">{{cite book |title=Flight Handbook USAF Series F-86E Aircraft |date=26 November 1956 |pages=1-19–1-20 |url=http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/jan28f86ssch3 |access-date=21 August 2026}}</ref><ref name="VMFA251-FHNMFJ3A-95">{{cite book |title=Flight Handbook: Navy Model FJ-3, FJ-3M Aircraft |date=1 August 1957 |page=95 |url=http://www.vmfa251.org/pdffiles/Fury%20Manual.pdf |access-date=20 October 2026 |via=VMFA-251}}</ref>}}; manufacturer's part number 136-10000-1<ref name="Proxibid" /> or 223-0000<ref name="Spennemann" /> or ''possibly'' 161-48250-31{{efn|This part number refers to a 120 gallon tank. It is presumed to be either a type I or type II based on the fact that the illustrations in the manual show a tank that can be disassembled into sections. It is stated to have been superseded by 172-48250, which could correspond to a type II, type III or type IV depending on whether the improvement that prompted the transition to the latter was in-flight refueling capability or pre-assembly. Note that North American's "161" charge code corresponds to the F-86A, while "172" corresponds to the F-86F-1 through F-86F-15.}}<ref name="ACL-IPBUSF86EA-5255">{{cite book |title=Illustrated Parts Breakdown: USAF Series F-86E Aircraft |date=11 November 1955 |pages=52–55 |url=http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/jan28f86ssch2 |access-date=21 August 2026}}</ref>
| Unknown || 120 gallons<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /> || || || External || Pastushin Aviation<ref name="Proxibid">{{cite web |title=Korean War North American F-86 Sabre Drop Tank |url=http://www.proxibid.com/lotinformation/50390679/korean-war-north-american-f86-sabre-drop-tank |website=Proxibid |access-date=21 August 2026 |date=12 October 2019}}</ref>, Shin Meiwa Industry<ref name="Spennemann">{{cite web |last1=Spennemann |first1=Dirk H.R. |title=Secondary Use of Artefacts and the Development of a New Historical Context: An Example of the Jet Age |url=http://marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/B24/Drop_Tanks.html |website=Digital Micronesia |access-date=26 March 2024 |date=1995}}</ref> || F-86E<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /> || Type I (knockdown kit, not in-flight refuellable)<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /><ref name="VMFA251-FHNMFJ3A-95" />{{efn|name=type|The "type" of F-86/FJ drop tanks is unrelated to capacity. Any type can be any capacity. It instead describes whether they come preassembled and/or can be refueled in flight.<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120">{{cite book |title=Flight Handbook USAF Series F-86E Aircraft |date=26 November 1956 |pages=1-19–1-20 |url=http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/jan28f86ssch3 |access-date=21 August 2026}}</ref><ref name="VMFA251-FHNMFJ3A-95">{{cite book |title=Flight Handbook: Navy Model FJ-3, FJ-3M Aircraft |date=1 August 1957 |page=95 |url=http://www.vmfa251.org/pdffiles/Fury%20Manual.pdf |access-date=20 October 2026 |via=VMFA-251}}</ref>}}; manufacturer's part number 136-10000-1<ref name="Proxibid" /> or 223-0000<ref name="Spennemann" /> or ''possibly'' 161-48250-31{{efn|This part number refers to a 120 gallon tank. It is presumed to be either a type I or type II based on the fact that the illustrations in the manual show a tank that can be disassembled into sections. It is stated to have been superseded by 172-48250, which could correspond to a type II, type III or type IV depending on whether the improvement that prompted the transition to the latter was in-flight refueling capability or pre-assembly. Note that North American's "161" charge code refers to the F-86A, while "172" refers to the F-86F-1 through F-86F-15.}}<ref name="ACL-IPBUSF86EA-5255">{{cite book |title=Illustrated Parts Breakdown: USAF Series F-86E Aircraft |date=11 November 1955 |pages=52–55 |url=http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/jan28f86ssch2 |access-date=21 August 2026}}</ref>
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| Unknown || 120 gallons<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /> || || || External ||  || F-86E<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /> || Type II (knockdown kit, in-flight refuellable)<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /><ref name="VMFA251-FHNMFJ3A-95" />{{efn|name=type}}
| Unknown || 120 gallons<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /> || || || External ||  || F-86E<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /> || Type II (knockdown kit, in-flight refuellable)<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /><ref name="VMFA251-FHNMFJ3A-95" />{{efn|name=type}}