Above the skies of the Korean Peninsula, the F-86 Sabre formed one part of an epic aerial rivalry—against the MiG-15, the Soviet Union’s first mass-produced jet. If asked to name the most ...

The furious pace of cold war weapons development ensured the North American F-86 Sabre burned briefly but brightly, ceasing production at the end of 1956, just nine years after George Welch’s ...

In December 1950, the first F-86 Sabre unit arrived to Korean theater. It was the 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing and it operated from Kimpo airfield near Seoul, South Korea. Previous air superiority of ...

Welch test flew the P-51, FJ-1 Fury, F-86 Sabre, and F-100 Super Sabre. He was killed 12 October 1954 when his F-100A Super ...

In this case, work began on the F-86 Sabre. Of course, the F-86 would not be ready before the end of World War II. But ready for deployment by October 1947, the Sabre would go on to revolutionize ...

The F-86 Sabre, or SabreJet, is one of the cornerstones upon which the modern Air Force was built since its inaugural flight on Oct. 1, 1947. Members of the F-86 Sabre Association met recently on ...

Filmed from inside an F-86 Sabre flying in formation with other Sabre warbirds during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017 airshow. Along with the dual camera “vision” what make the video particularly ...

On Friday, an F-86 Sabre Jet arrived at the air museum’s new headquarters on Ryan Avenue. The nonprofit air museum acquired the fighter aircraft that was a workhorse of the Korean War.

13, 1953, to see the 250-acre plant that built the F-86 Sabre jet fighter. Another 75,000 employees and their families had attended a special friends-and-family open house the day before.

Products of the mid- to late 1950s, they were members of the second generation of jet fighters—post-North American F-86 Sabre class and pre-McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom class. The epitome of ...