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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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| Tank, Fuel, Aircraft, External, Removable[,] Type I<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><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> || 120 gallons<ref name="Spennemann" /> || || External || Shin Meiwa Industry<ref name="Spennemann" /> || F-86E<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /> || Knockdown kit<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /> Evidently, multiple different types of 120 gallon F-86 tanks were made as the data plate on one states it is manufacturer's part number "223-0000" and weighs 125 pounds empty,<ref name="Spennemann" /> while the data sticker on another states it is manufacturer's part number "136-10000-1" and weighs 118 pounds empty.<ref>{{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> Furthermore, the parts manual for the F-86E gives the part numbers for the left-hand{{efn|Right hand tank part numbers were identical, except for the final digit being a "2" instead of a "1".}} 120 gallon drop tanks as "161-48201-101", which was superseded by "172-48201-1".<ref name="ACL-IPBUSF86EA-53">{{cite book |title=Illustrated Parts Breakdown: USAF Series F-86E Aircraft |date=11 November 1955 |pages=53 |url=http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/jan28f86ssch2 |access-date=21 August 2026}}</ref> | | Tank, Fuel, Aircraft, External, Removable[,] Type I<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><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> || 120 gallons<ref name="Spennemann" /> || || External || Shin Meiwa Industry<ref name="Spennemann" />, Pastushin Aviation<ref name="Proxibid" /> || F-86E<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /> || Knockdown kit<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /> Evidently, multiple different types of 120 gallon F-86 tanks were made as the data plate on one states it is manufacturer's part number "223-0000" and weighs 125 pounds empty,<ref name="Spennemann" /> while the data sticker on another states it is manufacturer's part number "136-10000-1" and weighs 118 pounds empty.<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> Furthermore, the parts manual for the F-86E gives the part numbers for the left-hand{{efn|Right hand tank part numbers were identical, except for the final digit being a "2" instead of a "1".}} 120 gallon drop tanks as "161-48201-101", which was superseded by "172-48201-1".<ref name="ACL-IPBUSF86EA-53">{{cite book |title=Illustrated Parts Breakdown: USAF Series F-86E Aircraft |date=11 November 1955 |pages=53 |url=http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/jan28f86ssch2 |access-date=21 August 2026}}</ref> | ||
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| Type II<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" />{{efn|Name is taken from manual, but may not be aircraft agnostic.}} || 200 gallons{{efn|Relationship between assembly requirement and capacity confusingly stated in manual, but context suggests that one of each type of assembly requirement and capacity existed.}}<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /> || || External || || F-86E-15<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /> || Knockdown kit<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /> | | Type II<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" />{{efn|Name is taken from manual, but may not be aircraft agnostic.}} || 200 gallons{{efn|Relationship between assembly requirement and capacity confusingly stated in manual, but context suggests that one of each type of assembly requirement and capacity existed.}}<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /> || || External || || F-86E-15<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /> || Knockdown kit<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /> | ||