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Why Do Modern Fighter Jets Have Lower Top Speeds?
The military re-evaluated its priorities with fighter jets. Rather than optimizing airframes to sustain high speeds, it ...
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The F-100 Super Sabre Was the Fastest Plane in the Sky—and the Most Dangerous
After the F-100 joined the Air Force in 1954, the type was found to offer superior performance to existing U.S. fighters. But ...
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The F-86 Sabre, the first and most numerous jet fighter of the Spanish Air Force
The Sabre became famous in the Korean War (1950-1953), where it faced off against Soviet-made MiG-15 jet fighters. It should ...
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To Snatch a Sabre
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 ...
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Could You Fly a Sabre?
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 ...
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YF-23 Designer Offers His Take On Boeing’s F-47 NGAD Configuration
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 ...
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WAR IN KOREA: Ace of Aces
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 ...