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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. 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 ...

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

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    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. F-86s were licence-built in Italy by Fiat Aviazione and in Japan by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ; while variants were produced in Australia as the CAC CA-27 Sabre and in ...

  5. CAC Sabre - Wikipedia

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    North American F-86 Sabre The CAC Sabre , sometimes known as the Avon Sabre or CA-27 , is an Australian variant of the North American Aviation F-86F Sabre fighter aircraft . The F-86F was redesigned and built by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC).

  6. 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.

  7. Gabby Gabreski - Wikipedia

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    On July 8, 1951, flying his fifth mission in an F-86, ... Gabreski in the cockpit of his Sabre after returning from a mission, 1952 ... his assigned aircraft was F ...

  8. North American YF-93 - Wikipedia

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    Top view of 48-317, the first YF-93A, after having conventional intakes fitted. The North American YF-93 was an American fighter development of the F-86 Sabre that emerged as a radically different variant that received its own designation.

  9. 1972 Sacramento Canadair Sabre accident - Wikipedia

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    The F-86 Sabre has a dangerous and often fatal handling characteristic upon takeoff if the nose is raised prematurely from the runway. [clarification needed] This handling characteristic of the F-86 was acknowledged from the early 1950s. [2] The aircraft overran the runway, struck an earthen berm, and ripped through a chain link fence.