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 ...

Developed from the highly regarded Korean War-era first generation fighter, the F-86 Sabre, the F-100 Super Sabre was the first jet of the Century Series—and the first U.S. Air Force fighter to ...

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 ...

F-86 Sabre had the task to restore the balance. Lt Col Bruce Hinton, commander of the 336th squadron lead his men to the area of North Korea which would become known as the MiG Alley.

The Sabre became famous in the Korean War (1950-1953), where it faced off against Soviet-made MiG-15 jet fighters. It should ...

The U.S. Air Force was able to determine precisely how the Soviet-built MiG-15 compared with its own premier fighter, the North American F-86 Sabre, because on September 21, 1953, two months after ...

The Soviet MiG-15bis and the American F-86 Sabre pushed aviation technology to its limits during the Korean War. When they met in dogfights over the Yalu River, in an area nicknamed MiG Alley ...

Michael Coenraad Botha's F-86 Sabre, similar to the one pictured. reportedly malfunctioned. Photos: South African Researcher - Family History & Heritage/steveowst from Pixabay After more than ...