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Australia’s Jet Fighter That Terrified the Skies: The CAC Sabre

Based off of German WWII jet designs, the F-86 Sabre would compete against the near-equally matched MiG-15 over the battlefields of Korea, marking the beginning of a new era of air combat. The RAAF ...
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How the F-86 Sabre scored its first kill against a MiG-15 in Korea

In December 1950, the first F-86 Sabre unit arrived to Korean theater. It was the 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing and it operated from Kimpo airfield near Seoul, South Korea. Previous air superiority of ...
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Community rallies to conserve historic fighter jet

The Iowa City Airport Commission’s April meeting was full of community members hoping to save the historic F-86 Sabre Jet on display at the Iowa City Municipal Airport on Thursday. Around 50 veterans ...
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‘It’s up to us’ Veterans fight to preserve U.S. Air Force jet at Iowa City Airport

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Army veteran Howard Horan has a lifelong love of airplanes, and now he’s leading the fight to save an F-86 Sabre jet at the Iowa City Airport. The jet has been at the airport ...