In December 1950, the first F-86 Sabre unit arrived to Korean theater. It was the 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing and it ...

Why did the U.S. Sabre jet win so many victories (13 to 1) over the MIG-15? Many U.S. fighter pilots insisted the MIGs were so good that only U.S. pilot superiority kept them from sweeping the Sabre ...

The Cold War set the stage for aerial combat between iconic jet-powered fighter aircraft. By the early 1950s, the world's superpowers' first generation of jet fighters were ready for battle. They just ...

Over MiG Alley, Soviet and American pilots fought the world’s first jet-versus-jet war. The MiG-15 climbed higher and struck harder, but the Sabre’s speed and handling turned the tide. What started as ...

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 ...

On their own, Nationalist pilots flying U.S.-built F-86 Sabre jets put on a superb show against the Communists’ faster, Russian-built MIG-17s last week. As the Sabre jets were flying cover for ...