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F-86 Sabre 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. Considered one of the best and most important fighter aircraft in that war, the F-86 is also rated highly

263K views · 6.2K reactions | It’s December 1950 and the US is rolling out its state-of-the-art F-86 Sabre, a plane that promises to match up better against the North Korean MiG-15s. Now, all they need to do is to test the Sabres in a real battle. Air Warriors | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation | Facebook