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09/30/2008. The F-86D all-weather interceptor featured an afterburner, all rocket armament and most distinctively a lowered nose intake to provide room for the search radar radome. These changes led to the new YF-95A designation and the first of two prototypes, s/n 50-577 and 50-578, was flown on December 22, 1949. The YF-95A was the worlds first single-seat all-weather interceptor, however, for budgetary and political reasons the designation was changed to YF-86D in July 1950. The prototypes were followed by 2,504 production aircraft.