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The epic story of when F-86 pilot Robbie Risner Pushed his Wingman’s Crippled Sabre for 60 Miles to keep him out of Enemy Hands

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F-86 Sabre

The epic story of when F-86 pilot Robbie Risner Pushed his Wingman’s Crippled Sabre for 60 Miles to keep him out of Enemy Hands

Thanks to our partners

During the Korean War Chinese MiG-15 pilot Fan Wanzhang claimed to have shot down 3 USAF F-86s in a dogfight where he fought alone against 8 Sabres

The day he scored his fifth victory, World’s first jet-versus-jet ace Capt. James Jabara was nearly shot down by future ace Capt Boris Abakumov

USAF F-86D Sabre Dog Pilot tells the story of when He Lit the Afterburner in the Hangar to Take Off during a Scramble. And explains why He Never did it Again.

Famous pilot and historian Walter J. Boyne explains why the 10:1 victory loss ratio of USAF F-86 pilots against MiG-15 pilots during the Korean War was just propaganda

The day F-86 pilot “Robbie” Risner pursued a MiG-15 flying between two hangars of an airfield 35 miles inside China

Yugoslavia chose the MiG-21 over the Mirage III but the conversion to the Fishbed was plagued by problems

Italian F-84Gs Vs Yugoslav F-84Gs: how Italian and Yugoslav Thunderjets almost fought each other during Trieste crisis’s air war that never was

Jack in the Box! How an AIM-9 Sidewinder that failed to explode after embedding itself inside a Chinese MiG-17 was reverse-engineered into the Soviet AA-2 Atoll

Here are the criteria that define jet fighters generations (along with several examples of every generation)

MiG Madness and the Story of George Davis, the Only American Ace to be Killed in Combat in Korea

Rule Breaker! F-86 Pilot tells the Story of a MiG Kill Scored over Chinese Territory

The Myth of Soviet Arms and Tactics in the Middle East, Part One: from Palestine War to Suez Crisis

Tragic video shows F-100 pilot crashing after fatal “Sabre Dance”

This F-86 Pilot Pushed his Wingman’s Crippled Sabre for 60 Miles to keep him out of Enemy Hands

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