F-86A Sabre

F-86A Sabre

This aircraft went up against the Mig 15 in the Korean War.  It had success in that role.  The swept wing proved to be a good thing.  

F-86A Sabre

It would go supersonic in a dive but had trouble in the transition.  It would start to go out of control.  The problem was with the horizontal control surfaces on the tail.  The supersonic air would not cling to the control surface as it did during subsonic flight and therefore the surface could not control the aircraft.  The answer became to make the entire horizontal move.  I think that some of the later versions employed this upgrade.

F-86A Sabre

  The pilots liked the visibility from the canopy.

F-86A Sabre

The fighter had six 50 Cal machine guns.  The Mig 15 had heavier armament but the US pilots had a kill ratio of 8 to 1 by the end of the war.

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