The Museum’s F-86A was assigned to the 4th Fighter Interceptor Group at Langley Air Force Base in Virgina in July 1949, and shipped out for action in Korea in December 1950. It flew its combat ...
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 ...
On this day in aviation history, January 24, 1950, the North American YF-93, a prototype jet fighter for the US Air Force, made its first flight. Originally meant to be called the F-86C, the YF-93 ...