The Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket had the peculiar nickname "Mighty Mouse," which is an interesting choice. So, why did the ...

The F-86D Sabre Dog was a game-changer in aviation history—an all-weather interceptor designed for speed, precision, and firepower. With its cutting-edge radar and missile system, this jet took ...

Little was known about the jet’s service history until recently. The F-86D Sabre, nicknamed Sabre Dog, was an aircraft used by the Air Force in the 1950s and early 1960s. The Sabre Dog was the ...

The Museum’s F-86A was ... when the F-86D was clocked at 715 mph the next year. The air superiority arms race that would run for 40 years was just getting started, but the Sabre gave the U.S ...

The first year of the Korean War,1950, ushered in the age of jet vs. jet fighter combat ... “This mark was bettered in 1952 by an F-86D that flew at 698 mph (1123 kph). The D became the first ...

Recognizing the Me 262 as a true threat to American bombers, North American Aviation began building its own jet ... the F-86D, in fact, the transition to more modern warplanes began. The Sabre ...

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.

“There are three other F-86s in North Dakota that are on display, and this one has gone from being in the worst shape to being in the best shape,” Maxwell Sabin said. The F-86H Sabre jet in ...