F-86: An Early Jet-Powered Aircraft. The Sabre featured distinct design features that pilots took some time getting used to. Notably, the F-86 featured swept wings, and an all-flying tail – and ...

After the F-100 joined the Air Force in 1954, the type was found to offer superior performance to existing U.S. fighters. But ...

The F-86 Sabre's maximum speed only reached 685 mph, not even faster than the speed of sound, which it could only break if it were in a dive. Its typical cruising speed was 550 mph.

The F-86 Sabre was designed to fight a war that had ended before the plane was ready, and it was meant to defeat an enemy that, by the time the F-86 was ready for deployment, was long vanquished.

An aviation icon of the Korea conflict, and the bane of the MiG-15 (Russia-piloted or not), the North American Aviation F86 Sabre Jet was America’s first transonic fighter jet and the first designed ...

With a half-dozen .50 caliber M3 machine guns, the F-86 had a bite to match its bark, which came from a General Electric J47 engine. That power plant drove the F-86A to a world speed record of 671 ...

The F-86 Sabre joined the ranks of the great fighter aircraft during combat operations high above the Yalu River area of Korea. Although the enemy MiG-15s could not be pursued across the Chinese ...

Wing fences are small metal vanes that once graced the wings of early jets. Here's why they have since disappeared from ...

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.

Tendring District Council has announced that a legendary Cold War fighter jet will make its debut at the Clacton Airshow this ...