When the skies over Korea turned hostile with the arrival of Soviet MiG-15s, the U.S. unleashed its secret weapon—the F-86 ...

Welch test flew the P-51, FJ-1 Fury, F-86 Sabre, and F-100 Super Sabre. He was killed 12 October 1954 when his F-100A Super ...

Above the skies of the Korean Peninsula, the F-86 Sabre formed one part of an epic aerial rivalry—against the MiG-15, the Soviet Union’s first mass-produced jet. If asked to name the most ...

That's where the F-86 Sabre was able to turn the tide. Based on German engineering with swept-back wings and the Navy's FJ Fury series of aircraft, the Sabre became operational in 1949 and entered ...

The furious pace of cold war weapons development ensured the North American F-86 Sabre burned briefly but brightly, ceasing production at the end of 1956, just nine years after George Welch’s ...

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 ...

On Friday, an F-86 Sabre Jet arrived at the air museum’s new headquarters on Ryan Avenue. The nonprofit air museum acquired the fighter aircraft that was a workhorse of the Korean War.