‘Save the Sabre’ fundraising campaign launched to preserve F-86 Sabre jet at Iowa City Airport

IOWA CITY, Iowa — A group of veterans has launched a fundraising campaign to preserve an F-86 Sabre jet that has stood outside the Iowa City Municipal Airport since 1972.

The F-86 Sabre was at risk of removal last month after the Airport Commission considered hauling it away because of rising maintenance and repair costs.

“I hate the way it looks,” a commissioner said…

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