the Sabre was an emblem of an age when pilot skill took priority, and the aircraft he flew a marriage of engineering talent and bold design. With fewer than two dozen flyable F-86s left in the U.S., ...

In December 1950, the first F-86 Sabre unit arrived to Korean theater. It was the 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing and it operated from Kimpo airfield near Seoul, South Korea. Previous air superiority of ...

The Museum’s F-86A was assigned to the 4th Fighter Interceptor Group at Langley Air Force Base in Virgina in July 1949, and shipped out for action in Korea in December 1950. It flew its combat sorties ...

Meet the F-86: With nearly 10,000 units built, the North American F-86 Sabre is, by far, the most-produced Western fighter ever built. Built by North American, shortly after they created the famed ...

In November of 1950, only five months into the Korean War, the Soviets claimed air superiority with their MiG-15s. Thanks to the aircraft's high operating ceiling, speed, and design for intercepting ...