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F-86 Sabre Mahogany Model.
F86 Sabre Military Jet Fighter from the Korean War.  These F86 Models come in plastic model kits, mahogany display models, and detailed scale model diecast airplanes.  Building plastic model airplanes is a great way to teach your kid about military and American history as well as teaching kids about modeling and construction skills.

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The F-86 Sabre was built by North American Aviation and was the premiere jet fighter in the Korean War.   The F-86 Sabre is 40' 3" long, 15' high and has a wingspan of 39' 1-1/2".   The F-86 has an empty weight of 13,822 lbs and a gross weight of 18,484 lbs.  The F-86 used one General Electric J47-GE-33 jet engine producing 5550 lbs of thrust.  This aircraft did not have afterburner.  The Max range of the F86 was 750 miles, it has a max speed of 693 mph and a max climb rate of 12,200 fpm (Feet Per Minute).
There are many versions of this plane, these specs cover only one version.

On June 27, 1950,  U.S. President Truman ordered the Air Force and Navy into the Korean conflict following a call from the U.N. Security Council for member nations to help  South Korea  repel an invasion from the North.  The F-86 Sabre was the top aircraft of this war.  The eventual modification of the Saber into the F-86D Sabre Dog created one of the first all weather jet fighters.

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Flight Handbook for F-86
Reprint of the official flight book 
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Given to F-86D pilots, from May 1956. Includes all  the instructions, performance data, drawings, charts, and diagrams - 300 pgs. of  information in all! 8½"x 11", sfbd. 
....#0003716 $24.95
 
F-107A Ultra Sabre 1/72 Kit
Plastic Model Kit
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On Sept. 10, 1956, the No. 1 F-107A , which was originally designed as a tactical  fighter-bomber version of the F-100, made its initial flight, attaining Mach 1.03. Despite that success, it did not go into production. Detailed plastic kit features  engraved panel lines, accurate exhaust nozzle, and realistic tricycle landing gear with  detailed legs and a clear landing/taxi light on each. 12¼" length with a 6" wingspan;  58 pieces, assembly required.
.....#0090626 $16.95
 
F-86F-30 1/48 Kit
Plastic Model Kit
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1/48 Scale  This is a highly detailed plastic kit of the F-86 variant with lengthened "6-3"  swept-wings that saw extensive use during the Korean War against the MIG-15. Assembly required. 
....#0009227 $24.95
F-86E Sabre 1/48 Kit
F-86E Sabre 1/48 Kit
Plastic Model Airplane Kit.
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#0092021
Price: $22.95
F-86D Sabre 1/48 Kit F-86D Sabre 1/48 Kit
Plastic Model Kit.
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Replicating the F-86D Sabre Dog, the military all-weather, radar-equipped variant of the U.S. Air Force's early Cold War frontline jet fighter, this 1/48 scale plastic kit features textured surfaces, a fully outfitted cockpit with a clear canopy and a pilot figure, wing-mounted bombs and fuel tanks, detailed landing gear, authentic markings, and more. 9½" wingspan; skill level 2.
#0083105
Price: $11.95
 
F-86E-10 Sabre 1/72 Die Cast Model F-86E-10 Sabre 1/72 Die Cast Model
Col. Walker "Bud" Mahurin
Pre Built Diecast Aircraft Model
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Featuring the markings of Col. Walker M. "Bud" Mahurin, who added 3½ kills to his World War II tally of 21 while flying in the Korean War, this limited edition, 1/72 scale die cast model features engraved panel lines; a realistic bubble canopy with a figure of Mahurin in the cockpit; optional position air brakes; Mahurin's Honest John markings from the spring of 1952, when he was Commander of the 4th Fighter Wing; optional position landing gear with rubber tires; a display stand and more. 6¾" wingspan.
#0091560

Price: $47.95
F-86 Sabre 1/72 Die Cast Model
F-86 Sabre 1/72 Die Cast Model
Lt. Joseph Fields, 4th FIW
Pre Built Diecast Aircraft Model.
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Wearing what were perhaps the largest shark's teeth markings of the Korean War, this F-86F was flown by Joseph Fields of the 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing in 1953. 1/72 scale diecast model features engraved panel lines, a detailed cockpit with a pilot figure, external fuel tanks, authentic markings and more. Measures 6¾" long with a 6¼" wingspan and arrives ready to display on fixed landing gear.
#0091601

F-86A Sabre 1/72 Die Cast Model F-86A Sabre 1/72 Die Cast Model
Pre Built Die Cast Model Airplane.
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Featuring the markings of the 116th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, which was the first to be based in Europe with F-86s, this limited edition 1/72 scale die cast model includes engraved panel lines, gun ports, external fuel tanks, optional position landing gear, a display stand, and more. 6¼" wingspan.
#0091510

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CL-13 (F-86E) 1/18 Model
CL-13 (F-86E) 1/18 Model
Erich Hartmann
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Replicating a Canadair Sabre flown by 352-victory ace Col. Erich Hartmann of JG 71 Richthofen, West German Air Force, during the Cold War, this amazingly detailed 1/18 scale plastic model features engraved panel lines and simulated rivets, a fully-outfitted cockpit with a removable seat belt and an opening canopy, movable flight control surfaces, opening hatch covers, gun ports and drop tanks, retractable landing gear, an articulated figure of Hartmann, laser-sharp 1961 markings including Hartmann's trademark spreading black tulip nose art, and more. 25¼" wingspan; requires only a few minutes of simple assembly.
#0095509

Price: $59.95
F-86F Sabre 1/18 Model
F-86F Sabre 1/18 Model
Col. John Mitchell, 51st FIW,
"Mitch's Squitch"

Super Large Plastic Model.
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Replicating the top U.S. fighter in the skies over Korea, this 1/18 scale plastic model features an almost unbelievable level of detail. You get a cockpit, with fabric seat belts, that sets a new standard in accuracy and detail; gun bay doors that open to reveal .50 caliber machine guns with ammo feeds; wing-mounted fuel tanks; movable flight control surfaces and working dive brakes; retractable landing gear; an open air intake; the markings of Mitch's Squitch, the F-86 piloted by 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing commander Col. John Mitchell, who shot down four MiGs over Korea but who gained even more fame as the leader of the World War II mission that shot down Admiral Yamamoto; a wonderfully sculpted, articulated figure of Mitchell; and more. 25¼" wingspan; arrives ready to display.
#0099227

Canadair CL-13 (F-86) Sabre 1/18 Display Model
Canadair CL-13 (F-86) Sabre 1/18 Display Model
Luftwaffe, 1954
Super Size Plastic Model Airplane Kit.
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Replicating a Canadair Sabre flown by the German Luftwaffe in 1954, this 1/18 scale plastic model includes amazing details such as engraved panel lines and simulated rivets, a fully-outfitted cockpit with an opening canopy, retractable landing gear, movable flight control surfaces, opening hatch covers, gun ports and drop tanks, an articulated pilot figure, a removable seat belt, laser-sharp Luftwaffe markings, and more.
25¼" wingspan;

requires only a few minutes of simple assembly.

#0095501

Price: $59.95

Major John Glenn

Combat Over Korea
Combat Over Korea
Philip West.
Aviation Art Print
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On July 19th, 1953, after his flight of four F-86s was set upon by 16 MiGs, John Glenn pursued and "flamed" a MiG to score the second of his three Korean War kills. 28"x 20" limited edition print is signed and numbered by the artist.

#0077505
Price: $135.00
F-86 Sabre Photograph
F-86 Sabre Photograph
MiG Mad Marine
Aircraft Picture Art.
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This beautifully restored F-86 Sabre, one of the most pristine Korean-era warbirds flying, is painted with the markings of USMC (then) Maj. John Glenn, Jr. of the 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing and flown by pilot Mike Keenum. Purchase your own 14"x 11" copy of this image, and photographer Paul Bowen will autograph it for you free!
#0070203

Price: $34.95
F-86F Sabre 1/48 Die Cast Model
F-86F Sabre 1/48 Die Cast Model
MiG Mad Marine, John Glenn
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This highly detailed 1/48 scale die cast model replicates John Glenn's Sabre, "MiG Mad Marine." Includes a detailed cockpit with visible instruments, intricate landing gear with rubber tires, and authentic markings. 9½" wingspan; arrives ready to display.
#0094035

Price: $69.95
F-86E Sabre 1/48 Die Cast Model
F-86E Sabre 1/48 Die Cast Model
Pre Built Diecast Model Aircraft.
U.S. Air Force ace Capt. Clifford Jolley
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This highly detailed 1/48 scale die cast model replicates the F-86E flown by U.S. Air Force ace Capt. Clifford Jolley, who served with the 335th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing in Korea. The model includes engraved panel lines, a fully outfitted cockpit, intricate landing gear with rubber tires, drop tanks, authentic markings and more. 9½" wingspan; arrives ready to display.
#0094163
Price: $69.95
F-86F Sabre 1/48 Die Cast Model
F-86F Sabre 1/48 Die Cast Model
Lt. James L. Thompson, "The Huff"
Pre Built Diecast Model Airplane.
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Featuring the markings of the The Huff, the F-86 flown by 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing pilot Lt. James Thompson, who chose the colorful paint scheme after downing a MiG-15 with a dragon painted on its side, this 1/48 scale die cast model features engraved panel lines, a detailed cockpit with a bubble canopy, auxiliary fuel tanks, extended landing gear with real rubber tires, and more. Measures 10" long with a 9¼" wingspan and arrives ready to display.
#0094277

Price: $69.95
F-86E Sabre 1/48 Die Cast Model
F-86E Sabre 1/48 Die Cast Model
"Angel Face and the Babes,"
Col. Royal Baker, 4th FIW
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This highly detailed 1/48 scale die cast model replicates Angel Face and the Babes flown by USAF pilot Col. Royal Baker - who achieved ace status during the Korean War - of the 336th FIS, 4th FIW. Includes engraved panel lines, a detailed cockpit with instruments, extended landing gear with rubber tires, authentic markings and more. 9½" wingspan; arrives ready to display.
#0094134

Price: $69.95
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Ross Buckland. Ralph Parr, never one to miss an opportunity, takes on 16 enemy aircraft over MiG alley in the summer of 1953. Downing two MiG-15s that day, Parr ended the war a double ace with 10 total victories, one of which was the last enemy aircraft downed during the Korean War. This 31½"x 24" limited edition, numbered print is signed by the artist and by Col. Ralph Parr.

F-86F Sabre Die Cast Model
Replicating the F-86 of Col. Ralph Parr, who earned more than 60 decorations flying more than 1,100 hours of combat in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, this limited edition, 1/72 scale die cast model features engraved panel lines, external fuel tanks, a detailed cockpit with a figure of Parr and a clear canopy, optional-position landing gear with real rubber tires, authentic 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing markings, and more. 6¼" wingspan; includes a display stand.

#0087191
Price: $99.95
Hunting Party with a FREE Model
Hunting Party with a FREE Model
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Robert Watts. The frosty morning air is shattered by a hunting party of F-86 Sabres of the U.S. 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing, led by Gabby Gabreski, as they blast off the runway at Kimpo airfield, South Korea. Limited edition of 1,000 prints signed by the artist and four F-86 pilots, including Col. Gabreski. 32"x 24¾".

F-86E Sabre 1/48 Die Cast Model
This highly detailed 1/48 scale die cast model replicates Lady Francis, flown with the 25th FIS/51st FIW by USAF pilot Col. "Gabby" Gabreski, who achieved ace status in both WWII and Korea with 34½ victories overall. Includes a detailed cockpit with instruments, intricate landing gear with rubber tires, authentic markings and more. 9½" wingspan; arrives ready to display.

#0087225
Price: $125.00
F-86F-30 1/48 Kit F-86F-30 1/48 Kit
Plastic Model Airplane Kit.
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This is a highly detailed plastic kit of the F-86 "F" variant with lengthened "6-3" swept-wings that saw extensive use during the Korean War against the MiG-15. 121 pieces, 9¼" wingspan when assembled.
#0009227
Price: $24.95
F-86F Sabre 1/72 Die Cast Model
F-86F Sabre 1/72 Die Cast Model
Capt. Ralph S. Parr, Kimpo, South Korea
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Replicating the F-86 of Col. Ralph Parr, who earned more than 60 decorations flying over 1,100 hours of combat in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, this limited edition, 1/72 scale die cast model features engraved panel lines, external fuel tanks, a detailed cockpit with a figure of Parr and a clear canopy, optional-position landing gear with real rubber tires, authentic 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing markings, and more. 6¼" wingspan; includes a display stand.
#0091695

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USAF SkyBlazers Flight Demonstration Team

Skyblazers
Skyblazers
Military Aviation Art Poster
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Projecting the speed and power that were a hallmark of their shows, this Skyblazers poster features the F-86 that the USAF demonstration team flew in Europe in 1955-56. 20"x 16".
#0077665
Price: $9.95
F-86F Sabre 1/48 Die Cast Model with a FREE Poster
F-86F Sabre 1/48 Die Cast Model
with a FREE Poster

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Painted in the colorful 1956 livery of the Skyblazers, a USAF demonstration team that performed in Europe from the late 1940s through the late 1950s, this 1/48 scale die cast model features engraved panel lines, a detailed cockpit with a clear canopy, auxiliary fuel tanks, extended landing gear with real rubber tires, and more. Measures 10" long with a 9¼" wingspan and arrives ready to display.

Skyblazers
Projecting the speed and power that were a hallmark of their shows, this Skyblazers poster features the F-86 that the USAF demonstration team flew in Europe in 1955-56. 20"x 16".

#0087201
Price: $69.95
F-86F Sabre 1/72 Die Cast Model
F-86F Sabre 1/72 Die Cast Model
USAFE, 48th FW, March 1956
Pre Built Diecast Model Aircraft
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Shipping December 2007. Preorder yours today! (Your credit card will not be charged until the item ships.)
#0091878

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F-86F Sabre 1/48 Die Cast Model F-86F Sabre 1/48 Die Cast Model
USAF "Skyblazers"
Pre Built Diecast Display Model Airplane.
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Painted in the colorful 1956 livery of the Skyblazers, a USAF demonstration team that performed in Europe from the late 1940s through the late 1950s, this 1/48 scale die cast model features engraved panel lines, a detailed cockpit with a clear canopy, auxiliary fuel tanks, extended landing gear with real rubber tires, and more. Measures 10" long with a 9¼" wingspan and arrives ready to display.
#0094257

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F-86F Sabre 1/48 Die Cast Model
F-86F Sabre 1/48 Die Cast Model
366 FBW, 391 FBS
Pre Built Diecast Model Aircraft.

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Featuring the special 1956 "gunnery meet" markings of a Sabre from the 366th Fighter-Bomber Wing based at Alexandria AFB, Louisiana, this 1/48 scale die cast model includes engraved panel lines; gun ports; a hand-painted, fully outfitted cockpit; extended landing gear with real rubber tires and more. 9½" wingspan; arrives ready to display.
#0094227

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F-86 Sabre 1/48 Die Cast Model F-86 Sabre 1/48 Die Cast Model
USAF 39th FIS - Beautious Butch
Pre Built Diecast Model Airplane.
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This highly detailed 1/48 scale die cast model replicates USAF pilot Lt. Joseph M. McConnell Jr.'s Sabre, "Beautious Butch II," as he flew it for the 39th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron/51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing. Includes a detailed cockpit with instruments, external fuel tanks, extended landing gear with real rubber tires, and authentic markings. 9½" wingspan; arrives ready to display.
#0094052

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Heritage Flight

Heritage Flight.
hardbound Book.
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America's Air Force Celebrates 100 Years of Aviation. Hildebrandt. Assembled by the USAF to celebrate the 100th anniversary of powered flight, this unique demonstration team pairs military pilots in the latest aircraft with civilian pilots in classic Warbirds for breathtaking formation flight. Outstanding air-to-air photography captures F-16 Falcons, F-15 Eagles and A-10 Warthogs in concert with a C-130, B-25, F-86 and others. 178 pgs., 185 color photos, 12"x 9¼", hdbd.
#0006839
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    Military Engine Blueprint Drawing.  

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Created by professionals who have painstakingly recreated and modified vintage drawings, this is a real blueprint of the 1950s jet engine fitted into many late-model (particularly Canadian) F-86 Sabres. 42"x 30".
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History Study Notes for the F-86 Sabre Korean War Jet Fighter

Col. Francis Gabreski is shown here bagging one of the 6½ MiGs that he added to his total of 24 confirmed victories in Europe during WWII.

The frosty morning air is shattered by a hunting party of F-86 Sabres  of the U.S. 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing, led by Gabby Gabreski, as they blast off  the runway at Kimpo airfield, South Korea.

This is a highly detailed plastic kit of the F-86 variant with lengthened "6-3"  swept-wings that saw extensive use during the Korean War against the MIG-15.

North American F-86F Sabre, "Beautious Butch," flown by America's top scoring Korean War ace, Captain Joseph M. McConnell, Jr., 39th FIS, K-13, May 1953.

Korean War aces Major General Federick C. Blesse, Brigadier General Robinson Risner, Colonel Harold E. Fischer and Colonel Ralph S. Parr.

Sabre Dog series explores the F-86s of the U.S. Air National Guard as well as those in foreign service around the world.

Canadair Sabre flown by the German Luftwaffe in 1954

Canadair Sabre flown by 352-victory ace  Col. Erich Hartmann of JG 71 Richthofen, West German Air Force, during the Cold War   1961 markings including Hartmann's trademark spreading black tulip nose art.

The Battle of Carlson's Canyon,

The Life Story of the World's Highest Scoring Ace
Jager. With 352 aerial victories and ten years in a Soviet prison, Erich Hartmann survived uprisings, hunger strikes, and forced labor. His will to do his duty was remarkable - after being released, he was still mentally and physically fit enough to fly F-86 jet fighters in the post-World War II German Air Force. This photo album presents the different stages of his life - a man who wished to become a doctor, but whose fate it was to become and remain a soldier.

USAF pilot Lt. Joseph M. McConnell Jr.'s Sabre, "Beautious Butch II," as he flew it for the 39th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron / 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing.

The CL-13 (F-86) flown by "Ace of Aces" Col. Erich Hartmann leads the first all-jet fighter wing - JG 71 Richthofen, whose aircraft all sport the spreading black tulip nose art that was Hartmann's personal emblem throughout World War II - of the West German Air Force on a 1961 mission.

America's Air Force Celebrates 100 Years of Aviation. Hildebrandt. Assembled by the USAF to celebrate the 100th anniversary of powered flight, this unique demonstration team pairs military pilots in the latest aircraft with civilian pilots in classic Warbirds for breathtaking formation flight. Outstanding air-to-air photography captures F-16 Falcons, F-15 Eagles and A-10 Warthogs in concert with a C-130, B-25, F-86 and others.

Wearing what were perhaps the largest shark's teeth markings of the Korean War, this F-86F was flown by Joseph Fields of the 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing in 1953.

1950s jet fighter. A truly great platform, the F-86 evolved into an all-weather interceptor, an atomic-capable fighter-bomber, a carrier-based naval plane, a trainer, and much more. Documented here are the XP-86 through the "L" variants.

"Beautious Butch," the F-86 flown by America's top scoring Korean War ace, Captain Joseph M. McConnell.

The 116th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, which was the first to be based in Europe with F-86s.

The F-86D Sabre Dog, the military all-weather, radar-equipped variant of the U.S. Air Force's early Cold War frontline jet fighter.

Angel Face and the Babes flown by USAF pilot Col. Royal Baker - who achieved ace status during the Korean War - of the 336th FIS, 4th FIW

F-86E flown by U.S. Air Force ace Capt. Clifford Jolley, who served with the 335th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing in Korea.

Mitch's Squitch, the F-86 piloted by 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing commander Col. John Mitchell, who shot down four MiGs over Korea but who gained even more fame as the leader of the World War II mission that shot down Admiral Yamamoto.

The 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing (FIW) was sent to Korea in December 1950 expressly to face the threat posed by the all-new MiG-15 fighter that had made its combat debut the previous month. It remained the sole Sabre wing in-theater for a full year, its pilots tangling with Russian-flown jets over the Yalu River in "MiG Alley," on a near-daily basis. Through sheer skill and superior machinery, the 4th FIW prevailed, and the skies over North Korea remained firmly in U.N. control


On July 19th, 1953, after his flight of four F-86s was set upon by 16 MiGs, John Glenn pursued and "flamed" a MiG to score the second of his three Korean War kills.

John Glenn's Sabre, "MiG Mad Marine.

This beautifully restored F-86 Sabre, one of the most pristine Korean-era warbirds flying, is painted with the markings of USMC (then) Maj. John Glenn, Jr. of the 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing and flown by pilot Mike Keenum.


Col. Walker M. "Bud" Mahurin, who added 3½ kills to his World War II tally of 21 while flying in the Korean War.      Mahurin's Honest John markings from the spring of 1952, when he was Commander of the 4th Fighter Wing;

Featuring the special 1956 "gunnery meet" markings of a Sabre from the 366th Fighter-Bomber Wing based at Alexandria AFB, Louisiana,

Painted in the colorful 1956 livery of the Skyblazers, a USAF demonstration team that performed in Europe from the late 1940s through the late 1950s

The Huff, the F-86 flown by 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing pilot Lt. James Thompson, who chose the colorful paint scheme after downing a MiG-15 with a dragon painted on its side

Skyblazers poster features the F-86 that the USAF demonstration team flew in Europe in 1955-56.

Col. Ralph Parr, who earned more than 60 decorations flying over 1,100 hours of combat in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, this limited edition,

 

The North American F-86 "Sabre," like its predecessor, the P-51D Mustang, was fortuitous in its developmental history, and is one of those aircraft for which it can be said that had it not existed, history would be written differently today. The Sabre would definitely be among the Top Ten of the most significant fighter aircraft in history.

Fortunately for the United States, the Nazis were stupid enough to chase Edgar Schmued from Germany in 1938 with their policies. The immediate result two years later was the P-51 Mustang, which resulted from a design he had been toying with while working at Messerschmitt - his Mustang was more responsible than any other Allied fighter for the aerial destruction of Nazidom; the further result was that Schmued had no difficulty reading the captured German technical papers which discussed the advantage of the swept wing for jet powered aircraft as a way of delaying the onset of compressibility and therefore increasing speed; he had also been in attendance at the Volta Conference in 1935, and had left with a copy of Buseman's paper on the theoretical superiority of swept wings in high speed flight. The result was the Sabre.

Unofficially, the Sabre was the first supersonic aircraft achieving a speed just in excess of Mach 1 in a dive two weeks before Chuck Yeager "broke the sound barrier" in the Bell X-1. The two aircraft in many ways were intertwined, because it was the research performed by the Bell X-1 that led to the creation of the "all flying tail," which greatly eased an aircraft's penetration of the sonic barrier; the Sabre was the first operational aircraft to which this was fitted. As a result, the Sabre was faster, and more importantly more controllable at those high speeds, than its Russian opponent, the MiG-15.

The Sabre was first ordered by the Air Force on August 30, 1944. At that time the design had a strong similarity to what would emerge from Republic's design department as the F-84 Thunderjet. Fortunately, in August 1945 Lee Atwood and Ray Rice were willing to listen to Schmued's descriptions of the German papers before they were officially translated. Armed with this information, Atwood went to the Air Force and got a year's delay on the delivery date of the XP-86, time enough to add in the swept wings. It was likely the most useful and important delay in aviation history. Had this not happened - had the F-86 come out of the shop looking like a slimmed down version of its naval counterpart, the FJ-1 Fury - the results of the aerial battles over Korea a few years later would have been very different indeed.

The F-86A Sabre had only been operational for a year when it went to war. The appearance of the MiG-15 over the Yalu River in North Korea in early November 1950 sent shivers through the Air Force - the unknown Russian jet was superior to everything in the inventory other than the possible likelihood of the Sabre. Within a month, the 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing - the descendant of the Eagle Squadrons and the 4th Fighter Group of World War II fame - was flying combat missions out of Suwon, Korea. For the next year, a force of Sabres that was never greater than 35-40 operational aircraft held off a Communist air command of several hundred jet fighters. The F-86A was followed a year later by the F-86E with the "all flying tail," and a bit less than a year after that by the F-86F which had an updated engine and an extended wing leading edge without slats, for upgraded high speed performance.

It is alleged that the Sabre achieved a kill ratio of 12.5:1 against the MiG-15 Faggot . This has since been lowered to around 4.5:1 in the light of access to Soviet records after the end of the Cold War. In fact, the MiG-15 was generally superior to the F-86 above about 38,000 feet and could top out at 50,000 feet, which was superior to the Sabre's operational ceiling; the MiG-15 was always at least the Sabre's equal in climb and turn radius. What won the war for the Sabres was the edge provided by the greater skill and experience of its pilots, many of who were aces of the WW2, and all of whom were better-trained than their Communist opponents.

The first official USAF Sabre "ace" was Captain (later MAJ) James J. Jabara, who achieved his 5th and 6th kills May 20, 1951. In the spring of 1953, Jabara became the only ace to fly a second tour, returning to the 334th FIS of the 4th FIW in late April 1953. The Sabres were "turned loose" on the enemy in May, 1953, at which time an "ace race" began between Jabara, his fellow 334th pilot CAPT Manuel "Pete" Fernandez, and CAPT Joseph McConnell from the 39th FIS, 51st FIW. The race began in May with Fernandez in the lead, followed by Jabara and McConnell who jockeyed back and forth. In the end, it was McConnell by a nose to become the UN Ace of Aces with 16 kills, followed by Jabara with 15 and Fernandez with 14.5.

Several exchange pilots from the USN, USMC, RAF and RCAF flew with the 39th Fighter Interceptor Squadron of the 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing, the second unit to be equipped with the Sabre in Korea (this increase in fighter power was only achieved by a threat from the Commander of the 4th FIW, Colonel Harrison Thyng, to resign his commission and go home to make public the real facts of the air war in the summer of 1952, when there were fewer than 30 operational Sabres in the Korean theatre). It has been alleged that the USAF maneuvered the assignments to keep these exchange pilots from achieving 5 kills, since the Air Force wanted to keep "acedom" in its own ranks. Only one of these pilots, MAJ John F. Bolt, USMC, broke the rule to achieve 6 kills. The second leading Marine pilot was MAJ John Glenn, a pilot who would become well-known in the immediate post-Korean period for a series of speed records, and would become even better known at the end of the decade as the first American to orbit the earth as an astronaut in the Mercury program. Glenn had three kills, which justified his airplane's big gaudy name, "MiG-Mad Marine."

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