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 numerously ...

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 ...

The Sabre combined speed, agility, and firepower as never before. At the point in which the Allies had believed they enjoyed total air dominance over Hitler’s Germany toward the end of the Second ...

F-86 pilot and Museum docent Lt. Gen. William Earl Brown describes flying the F-86 Sabre against the MiG-15 in the Korean War. MiG-15 pilot Ken Rowe, who escaped with a MiG-15 and delivered it to the ...

The F-86 Sabre was a mainstay for the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. Aviation historian Thomas McKelvey Cleaver is the author of MiG Alley, a new book about the Korean War. While U.S. Air Force ...