To compensate for the considerable advantages the F-4 Phantoms had over MiG-21s, the North Vietnamese developed innovative ...

The MiG was tested to find out how it performed in comparison with the U.S. frontline fighter, the North American F-86 Sabre, which in the film joins up with Yeager for part of the flight.

Based off of German WWII jet designs, the F-86 Sabre would compete against the near-equally matched MiG-15 over the ...

While the MiG was more heavily armed and was lighter than the Sabre, the Sabre had an all-moving tail that allowed for better controllability at transonic speeds and a radar gunsight that offered ...

W hy did the U.S. Sabre jet win so many victories (13 to 1) over the MIG-15? Many U.S. fighter pilots insisted the MIGs were so good that only U.S. pilot superiority kept them from sweeping the ...

The Sabre combined speed, agility, and firepower as never before. At the point in which the Allies had believed they enjoyed total air dominance over Hitler’s Germany toward the end of the ...

Over 30 American Sabre pilots disappeared during the Korean ... Whenever veteran Soviet and American pilots squared off over MiG Alley, each took advantage of the two planes' strengths and weaknesses.

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from DCS World: F-86F Sabre The North American F-86F ... Korean War and often tangled with Russian-made MiG-15s over the infamous “MiG Alley”.

Russia’s vaunted MIG-15, which had “walked away” from F80 Shooting Stars in Korea, is certainly almost as fast as the Sabre (and may be equally fast), but the F-86s were touted as sturdier ...