F-86 Sabre in Action
Author: Larry Davis
Publisher: Squadron/Signal Publications
Published: 1984-05-01
Total Pages: 50
ISBN-13: 9780897470322
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F-86 Sabre vs MiG-15
Author: Douglas C. Dildy
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2013-05-20
Total Pages: 82
ISBN-13: 1780963203
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
F-86 Sabre
Author: Robert F. Dorr
Publisher: Motorbooks
Published: 1992-12-31
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780879387488
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The design, development and combat record of the F-86 Sabre and naval FJ-series fighters.
F-86 Sabre Aces of the 4th Fighter Wing
Author: Warren Thompson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2013-02-20
Total Pages: 221
ISBN-13: 1472802128
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
F-86 Sabre Aces of the 51st Fighter Wing
Author: Warren Thompson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2012-11-20
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 1782006818
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Sabres Over MiG Alley
Author: Kenneth P Werrell
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2013-06-11
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 1612513441
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Korean War Aces
Author: Robert F Dorr
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2013-01-20
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 1472800567
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
MiG Alley
Author: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2019-11-28
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 1472836065
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
F-100 Super Sabre Units of the Vietnam War
Author: Peter E. Davies
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2012-11-20
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 1782006990
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The F-100 Super Sabre may have been superseded by the superior technology of the F-105 Thunderchief and the F-4 Phantom by the Vietnam War it remained in service. The Super Sabre was deployed as an air defence fighter, and was later given nuclear capability. The F-100's toughness, adaptability and reliability made it ideal for the incessant missions that were demanded by close support and counter-insurgency missions. 242 Super Sabres and 87 aircrew were lost during the war but their role, particularly in developing the tactics used for discovering and destroying SAM sites, was invaluable. This book describes some of the most important actions that the F-100 took part in, looks at the pilots who flew it and analyses the impact of the aircraft on the war.
F-86 Sabre
Author: Martin Bowman
Publisher: Crowood Press UK
Published: 2005-04-09
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781840374117
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →With its distinctive wail the F-86 is remembered from the 1950s for its air superiority in the Korean War where it tangled with Russia's MiG-15 in the first jet versus jet combats. It was the first experience of high-speed jet flight for the NATO air forces and it closed the gap with the previously superior Soviet jet fighters. The design borrowed heavily from WWII German high speed flight research but was truly a pilot's airplane.
