After the F-100 joined the Air Force in 1954, the type was found to offer superior performance to existing U.S. fighters. But ...

The F-107 Ultra Sabre was also known as the "maneater" given its unusual location of the air intakes above the canopy. The aircraft was North American Aviation's entry into the tactical fighter bomber ...

The U.S. Air Force was able to determine precisely how the Soviet-built MiG-15 compared with its own premier fighter, the North American F-86 Sabre, because on September 21, 1953, two months after ...

U.S. and Royal Air Force pilots have called the F-86 the best-handling fighter of its time, and today pilots fly it at airshows. So if you want to fly a Sabre, how hard can it be? You’d ...

Chief configuration designer for the YF-23, Northrop’s contender for the Air Force’s Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) competition won by Lockheed’s F-22, Cummings continues to be active in aircraft ...

When one thinks of the famous American jet fighter planes of the Korean War, the first such warbirds that come to mind are most likely the F-80/P-80 Shooting Star, the F9F Panther, and the iconic F-86 ...

On the afternoon of Friday the 13th, 48 F-86 Sabre jets took off from airfields in South Korea and headed north across the battle line. Their mission: to screen and protect a flight of fighter ...