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 North American F-100 Super Sabre was the US Air Force's first supersonic fighter in level flight and later became a key ...

A North American F-86D Sabre jet “broke 700” last week: i.e., established a new official speed record of 715.7 m.p.h.* The previous official record, also held by a Sabre jet, was 699.9 m.p.h. To turn ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Dildy and Thompson calculate 224 Sabres lost, of which about a hundred were the result of aerial combat. They estimate that 566 MiG-15s were destroyed by Sabres, ...

Aerospace mechanics are the evolutionary apex of the humble car mechanic. In the aerospace field, the margin for error is microscopic, and the consequences for ...

'There are three other F-86s in North Dakota that are on display, and this one has gone from being in the worst shape to being in the best shape' The F-86H Sabre jet in Walhalla, N.D., sits displayed ...

The Flying Bulls have added Europe's only flying Canadair CL-13B Sabre Mk.6 to their collection, bringing a rare Cold War-era ...

On December 17, 1950, the first known aerial combat between swept-wing jet fighters took place in the skies over Korea. The Russian-built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 had been recently introduced and its ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: America’s first supersonic jet did not excel as a fighter and had beastly accident rate. On October 14, 1947, an orange-painted Bell X-1 piloted by Chuck Yeager became ...

An iconic Korean War-era fighter jet that has stood in downtown Chandler for 60 years has found a new home at a park in south Chandler where it will anchor a memorial dedicated to the city’s veterans.