F 86a Sabre

Author : Duncan Curtis
Publisher : Crowood Press (UK)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book North American F-86 Sabre written by Duncan Curtis and published by Crowood Press (UK). This book was released on 2000 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This remarkable jet aircraft was the most widely produced postwar American fighter, and it served with distinction as both a fighter and attack aircraft in Korea and a number of other skirmishes around the globe. Illustrated with more than 200 photos, this history fully charts the design, development, and service histories of all Sabre variants.

Author : Larry Davis
Publisher : Squadron/Signal Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780897470322
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book F-86 Sabre in Action written by Larry Davis and published by Squadron/Signal Publications. This book was released on 1984-05-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Warren Thompson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472802128
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book F-86 Sabre Aces of the 4th Fighter Wing written by Warren Thompson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The entry of the United State's premier jet interceptor into the Korean War was triggered by the ever-increasing presence of the Soviet-built MiG-15 south of the Yalu River. The possibility of the USAF losing air supremacy over the Korean Peninsula was unacceptable. The 4th Fighter Wing got the call for combat in Korea. They were made up of a combination of new pilots right out of jet training and the older combat veterans of World War II vintage. This combination of pilot types wrote and re-wrote the text books on jet warfare. Of the 40 jet aces that the war produced, the 4th Wing boasted 24 of them. This book details these incredible pilots and the planes they flew.

Author : Douglas C. Dildy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780963203
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book F-86 Sabre vs MiG-15 written by Douglas C. Dildy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the routed North Korean People's Army (NKPA) withdrew into the mountainous reaches of their country and the People's Republic of China (PRC) funneled in its massive infantry formations in preparation for a momentous counter-offensive, both lacked adequate air power to challenge US and UN. Reluctantly, Josef Stalin agreed to provide the requisite air cover, introducing the superior swept-wing MiG-15 to counter the American's straight-wing F-80 jets. This in turn prompted the USAF to deploy its very best – the F-86A Sabre – to counter this threat. Thus began a two-and-a-half-year struggle in the skies known as “MiG Alley.” In this period, the unrelenting campaign for aerial superiority witnessed the introduction of successive models of these two revolutionary jets into combat. This meticulously researched study not only provides technical descriptions of the two types and their improved variants, complete with a “fighter pilot's assessment” of these aircraft, but also chronicles the entire scope of their aerial duel in “MiG Alley” by employing the recollections of the surviving combatants – including Russian, Chinese, and North Korean pilots – who participated.

Author : Robert F. Dorr
Publisher : Motorbooks
ISBN 13 : 9780879387488
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book F-86 Sabre written by Robert F. Dorr and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 1992-12-31 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The design, development and combat record of the F-86 Sabre and naval FJ-series fighters.

Author : Warren Thompson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782006818
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book F-86 Sabre Aces of the 51st Fighter Wing written by Warren Thompson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 51st Fighter Wing initially flew the F-80C in the Korean War, but in 1951, the 51st brought in high-scoring World War 2 ace Colonel Francis Gabreski to assume command when it converted from the F-80 over to the newly arrived F-86E. His recruits included his elite 4th Wing pilots, and by the end of the war, the 51st had two pilots who achieved the status of “Double Ace” as well as the highest scoring ace of the war, Joe McConnell. This book describes the 51st Wing's tenure with the Sabre that led to their high scoring sprees of 1953.

Author : Kenneth P Werrell
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612513441
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sabres Over MiG Alley written by Kenneth P Werrell and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the first jet versus jet war, the largest in number of victories and losses, and one of the few military bright spots in the Korean War. It tells how an outnumbered force of F-86 Sabres limited by range and restricted by the rules of engagement, decisively defeated its foe. Based on the latest scholarship, author Kenneth Werrell uses previously untapped sources and interviews with sixty former F-86 pilots to explore new aspects of the subject and shed light on controversies previously neglected. For example, he found much greater violation of the Yalu River than thus far has appeared in the published materials. The F-86 became a legend in "The Forgotten War" because of its performance and beauty, but most of all, because of its record in combat.

Author : Robert F Dorr
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472800567
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Korean War Aces written by Robert F Dorr and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-20 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first virtually all-jet war, the conflict in Korea saw F-86 Sabres of the USAF take on MiG-15s of the North Korean and Chinese air forces. Although the Allied pilots were initially taken aback by the ability of the communist fighter in combat, sound training and skilful leadership soon enabled Sabre pilots to dominate the dogfights over the Yalu River. In all 39 F-86 pilots achieved ace status, and a number of these are profiled in this volume, as are notable pilots from the US Navy, Marine Corps and Royal Navy and, for the first time, the handful of MiG-15 aces.

Author : Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472836065
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book MiG Alley written by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the end of the Korean War, the prevailing myth in the West was that of the absolute supremacy of US Air Force pilots and aircraft over their Soviet-supplied opponents. The claims of the 10:1 victory-loss ratio achieved by the US Air Force fighter pilots flying the North American F-86 Sabre against their communist adversaries, among other such fabrications, went unchallenged until the end of the Cold War, when Soviet records of the conflict were finally opened. Packed with first-hand accounts and covering the full range of US Air Force activities over Korea, MiG Alley brings the war vividly to life and the record is finally set straight on a number of popular fabrications. Thomas McKelvey Cleaver expertly threads together US and Russian sources to reveal the complete story of this bitter struggle in the Eastern skies.

Author : Warren Thompson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782007431
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book F-86 Sabre Aces of the 51st Fighter Wing written by Warren Thompson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 51st Fighter Wing initially flew the F-80C in the Korean War, but in 1951, the 51st brought in high-scoring World War 2 ace Colonel Francis Gabreski to assume command when it converted from the F-80 over to the newly arrived F-86E. His recruits included his elite 4th Wing pilots, and by the end of the war, the 51st had two pilots who achieved the status of “Double Ace” as well as the highest scoring ace of the war, Joe McConnell. This book describes the 51st Wing's tenure with the Sabre that led to their high scoring sprees of 1953.