McDonnell XF-85 Goblin - Aircraft On Display

Aircraft On Display

After the program's termination, the two XF-85 prototypes were stored, before being surplused and relegated to museum display in 1950.

• XF-85 Goblin, s/n 46-523, is on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. Following the cancellation of the program, the aircraft was transferred to the museum on 23 August 1950 and was one of the first experimental aircraft to be displayed at the new Air Force Museum.
• XF-85 Goblin, s/n 46-524, was transferred to the Norton Air Force Base (near San Bernardino, California) in 1950, still in a damaged state after its last emergency landing. When the base museum was closed and its collection dispersed, the second XF-85 prototype languished in an unrestored condition as part of the Tallmantz private collection in California, until being acquired by Offutt AFB. It is now refurbished and displayed on its ground-handling trestle, nestled under the wing of a B-36J bomber (serial number 52-2217), at the Strategic Air and Space Museum in Ashland, Nebraska.