NACA test pilot Donovan Heinle made the aircraft's last flight when he ferried it from Moffett Discipline to Andrews Air Force Base, arriving on 10 August 1954. The aircraft was saved there for seven yrs right before Smithsonian staff trucked it to the museum's Garber storage facility in Suitland, Maryland. https://www.webwiki.nl/kowear.com/american-fighter/