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 numerously ...
the Sabre was an emblem of an age when pilot skill took priority, and the aircraft he flew a marriage of engineering talent and bold design. With fewer than two dozen flyable F-86s left in the U.S., ...