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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.
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 ...
The North American F-86D/K/L Sabre (initially known as the YF-95 and widely known informally as the "Sabre Dog") [2] [3] is an American transonic jet interceptor.Developed for the United States Air Force in the late 1940s, it was an interceptor derivative of the North American F-86 Sabre.
The F-100 can be traced back to an internal design study performed by North American Aviation as early as 1949. [8] It was named Sabre 45 in reference to its 45° wing sweep and essentially represented an evolution of the company's successful F-86 Sabre.
F. North American F-1 Fury; North American F-82 Twin Mustang; North American F-86 Sabre; North American F-86D Sabre; North American YF-93; North American F-100 Super Sabre; List of F-100 units of the United States Air Force; North American F-107; North American XF-108 Rapier; North American FJ-1 Fury; North American FJ-2/-3 Fury; North American ...
F-86 Sabre in flight. 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.
The North American FJ-2 and FJ-3 Fury are a series of swept-wing and carrier-capable fighters for the United States Navy and Marine Corps.The FJ-2 resulted from an effort to navalize the North American F-86 Sabre operated by the United States Air Force.
The North American FJ-4 Fury is a swept-wing carrier-capable fighter-bomber for the United States Navy and Marine Corps.The final development in a lineage that included the Air Force's F-86 Sabre, the FJ-4 shared its general layout and engine with the earlier FJ-3, but featured an entirely new wing design and was a vastly different design in its final embodiment.