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  2. North American F-86 Sabre - Wikipedia

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    The North American F-86 Sabre, sometimes called the Sabrejet, is a transonic jet fighter aircraft.Produced by North American Aviation, the Sabre is best known as the United States' first swept-wing fighter that could counter the swept-wing Soviet MiG-15 in high-speed dogfights in the skies of the Korean War (1950–1953), fighting some of the earliest jet-to-jet battles in history.

  3. List of surviving North American F-86 Sabres - Wikipedia

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    An Australian CA-27 Mk.32 Sabre on display at RAAF Base Wagga. The North American F-86 Sabre was a post-war jet fighter that entered service with the United States Air Force in 1949 and was retired from active duty by Bolivia in 1994.

  4. List of Sabre and Fury units in the US military - Wikipedia

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    List of Sabre and Fury units in the US military identifies the military branches and units that used the North American Aviation F-86 Sabre and FJ Fury. Units existed in U.S. Air Force , Air National Guard , Air Force Reserve Command , U.S. Navy , and the U.S. Marine Corps .

  5. CAC Sabre - Wikipedia

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    In 1951, CAC obtained a licence agreement to build the F-86F Sabre, in response to the cancelled CAC CA-23 project, In a major departure from the North American blueprint, it was decided that the CA-27 would be powered by a licence-built version of the Rolls-Royce Avon R.A.7, which was planned to be also used in the CAC CA-23 previously, rather than the General Electric J47.

  6. James P. Hagerstrom - Wikipedia

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    North American F-86F-25-NH Sabre of 18th Fighter-Bomber Wing Hagerstrom, keen for any edge that would give him the chance to be an ace in two wars, prepared extensively for flying in Korea. He studied gun sights [ 30 ] and intelligence reports on the MiG-15 , and he made metric conversion tables to allow him to patrol altitudes where MiGs ...

  7. North American F-86D Sabre - Wikipedia

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    Rocket tray. The YF-95 was a development of the F-86 Sabre, the first aircraft designed around the new 2.75-inch (70 mm) "Mighty Mouse" Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket (FFAR). ). Begun in March 1949, the unarmed prototype, 50-577, first flew on 22 December 1949, piloted by North American test pilot George Welch and was the first U.S. Air Force night fighter design with only a single crewman and a ...

  8. 10th Squadron (JASDF) - Wikipedia

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    North American F-86F Sabre Military unit The 10th Squadron (第10飛行隊 ( dai-juu-hikoutai ) ) was a squadron of the 8th Air Wing of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force based at Tsuiki Air Field , in Fukuoka Prefecture , Japan.

  9. Canadair Sabre - Wikipedia

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    The Canadair Sabre is a jet fighter aircraft built by Canadair under licence from North American Aviation. A variant of the North American F-86 Sabre, it was produced until 1958 and used primarily by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) until replaced with the Canadair CF-104 in 1962. Several other air forces also operated the aircraft.