Based off of German WWII jet designs, the F-86 Sabre would compete against the near-equally matched MiG-15 over the battlefields of Korea, marking the beginning of a new era of air combat. The RAAF ...

The CAC CA-27 Sabre was Australia’s adaptation of the legendary North American F-86 Sabre, modified for superior performance and firepower. Used by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) from the 1950s ...

Stretching back to WWII, the history of Russian jet development is intertwined with that of the United States. Here are the ...

In Korea last week, the fastest operational U.S. jet fighter plane got its first trial ... is certainly almost as fast as the Sabre (and may be equally fast), but the F-86s were touted as sturdier ...

Systems, like the F-86 Sabre or the F-4 Phantom II became synonymous ... and highly maneuverable fighter jet beginning in the late 1950s. NATO was on a jet fighter-building spree and Moscow ...

W hy did the U.S. Sabre jet win so many victories (13 to 1) over the MIG-15? Many U.S. fighter pilots insisted the MIGs were so good that only U.S. pilot superiority kept them from sweeping the ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: America’s first supersonic jet did not excel as a fighter. On October 14, 1947, an orange-painted Bell X-1 piloted by Chuck Yeager ...

responsible for a number of historic aircraft, including the T-6 Texan trainer, the P-51 Mustang fighter, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the F-86 Sabre jet fighter, the X-15 rocket plane, and the XB-70 ...