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.

F-86, U.S. single-seat, single-engine jet fighter built by North American Aviation, Inc., the first jet fighter in the West to exploit aerodynamic principles learned from German engineering at the close of World War II.

The North American F-86 Sabre, or SabreJet, was the Air Force's first swept-wing jet fighter plane. The aircraft made its initial flight on October 1, 1947. Originally designed as a high …

The air superiority arms race that would run for 40 years was just getting started, but the Sabre gave the U.S. an early and oft-proven advantage.

With its air intake reshaped to make room for the enclosed radar, the F-86D -- nicknamed "Sabre Dog" -- presented a distinctive profile. The interception radar (from Hughes Aircraft Co.) and associated fire-control computed the target's position, guided the aircraft on an intercept course to within 500 yards of the target, lowered the ...

The RF-86 Sabre was a reconnaissance version of the highly successful F-86 fighter. The bulges next to the cockpit housed cameras. But as the gun ports forward of that attest, it still packed a punch in the form of six 50-caliber machine guns.

The North American F-86 Sabre is a single-engine single-seat jet fighter aircraft produced by the US-American manufacturer North American Aviation. The FJ-2, FJ-3 and FJ-4 (later F-1E) as well as the FJ-4B (later AF-1E) were US-Navy and US …

The North American F-86H Sabre represented the practical application of knowledge gained from thousands of combat missions flown by the earlier F-86A, E and F variants. Primarily a fighter-bomber, the F-86H was larger and heavier than its predecessors, but …

North American F-86 Sabre Jet. The North American F-86 was the first swept-wing airplane in the U.S. fighter inventory. Four models of the craft (F-86A, E, F and H) were day fighters or fighter bombers, while the F-86D, K and L versions were all-weather interceptors.

The F-86 Sabre was an elegant jet fighter, one of the mainstays of US forces in the war in Korea, and an important element in the defense of the West in the early years of the Cold War. It was built in large numbers and used by many of America's allies. This document provides a history and description of the Sabre, as well as its derivatives.