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F-86 Sabre Fighter - Bomber Units Over Korea by Warren Thompson. - Gerald Coulson Prints

F-86 Sabre Fighter - Bomber Units Over Korea by Warren Thompson.


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F-86 Sabre Fighter - Bomber Units Over Korea by Warren Thompson.

The exploits of the F-86 fighter interceptor units in Korea are legendary, the North American fighter cutting a swathe through the ranks of communist MiG-15s that threatened the United Nations aerial supremacy over the battlefield. However, the vital role played by the two fighter-bomber wings that re-equipped with the F-86F in early 1953 have received far less attention. Ironically, these aircraft were some of the most colourful Sabres of the war, as this all-colour volume dedicated to FBW Sabres, and their operations, graphically shows. The 8th and 18th FBWs had flown F-51s and F-80s during the first two years of the war, and the arrival of mud-moving Sabres greatly enhanced the capabilities of these seasoned units.The new aircraft could carry two 1000-lb bombs, two 120-gal external fuel tanks and 1800 rounds of 0.50-cal ammunition to any point in North Korea. The F-86F was also much faster than its piston-and jet engined predecessors, allowing pilots to deal with both MiG-15s and AAA far more effectively. This volume illustrates all users of the F-86F, including the South African Air Forces No 2 Sqn, which flew with the 19th FBW, in contemporary wartime colour. Accompanying the photographs are detailed caption, quotes from pilots in action and an appendices which includes a double-page cutaway and full specifications.
Item Code : NMP8728F-86 Sabre Fighter - Bomber Units Over Korea by Warren Thompson. - This Edition
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SabreThe North American Aviation F-86 Sabre was a transonic jet Fighter. The F-86 Sabre is best known for its role during the Korean War role where it was pitted against the Soviet MIG 15. With speeds often nudging the sound barrier, and performing combat manoeuvres at 600 m.p.h. imposing crushing G-forces, the F-86 pilots ran up a spectacular kill ratio of 8:1 against the MiGs. Although developed in the late 1940s and outdated by the end of the 1950s, the Sabre proved adaptable and continued as a front line fighter in air forces until the last active front line examples were retired by the Bolivian Air Force in 1994. More than 7,800 Sabres aircraft were built between 1949 and 1956, in the United States, Japan and Italy. It was by far the most-produced Western jet fighter, with total production of all variants at 9,860 units.

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