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The F-100 Super Sabre Was the Fastest Plane in the Sky—and the Most Dangerous
After the F-100 joined the Air Force in 1954, the type was found to offer superior performance to existing U.S. fighters. But ...
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F-86 Sabre Association Deactivated
Throughout the storied past of Army Air Corps and the U.S. Air Force, many aircraft have laid the foundation for today's fleet of air power. The F-86 Sabre, or SabreJet, is one of the cornerstones ...
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The F-86 Sabre, the first and most numerous jet fighter of the Spanish Air Force
The Sabre became famous in the Korean War (1950-1953), where it faced off against Soviet-made MiG-15 jet fighters. It should ...
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To Snatch a Sabre
(The pilot earned a $100,000 reward, and his aircraft is now on display ... Soviet intelligence agents monitored F-86 radio transmissions, interrogated Sabre pilots who had been shot down and ...
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Could You Fly a Sabre?
(According to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Sabre pilots shot down 792 MiGs in Korea, and only 76 Sabres were lost.) Of the dozen or so F-86 pilots in the Classic Jet Aircraft ...
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WAR IN KOREA: Ace of Aces
On the afternoon of Friday the 13th, 48 F-86 Sabre jets took off from airfields ... The MIG started coming apart. The cockpit canopy flew off to the left, and the pilot narrowly missed Baker ...