MAKE A MEME View Large Image Its swept wings and sleek fuselage distinguish the North American F-86 "Sabre Jet"... - NARA - 542281.tif Scope and content FIFTH AIR FORCE KOREA - Its swept wings and sleek fuselage distinguish the North American F-86 Sabre Jet America's ...
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Keywords: FIFTH AIR FORCE, KOREA - Its swept wings and sleek fuselage distinguish the North American F-86 "Sabre Jet"... - NARA - 542281.tif Scope and content FIFTH AIR FORCE KOREA - Its swept wings and sleek fuselage distinguish the North American F-86 Sabre Jet America's fastest jet fighter This Sabre flown by a pilot of the veteran 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing surges through the Korean skies headed toward MIG Alley and another encounter with the Communist MIG-15's that sometimes come down form Manchuria The Sabre jets of the Fighting 51st have proved themselves more than a match for the highly-touted MIGs having shot down 100 and probably destroyed or damaged more than 151 in aerial combat General notes 542281 Local identifier 342-AF-85396AC Department of Defense Department of the Air Force 09/26/1947 - Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 ca 09/1952 Record group Record Group 342 Records of U S Air Force Commands Activities and Organizations 1900 - 2003 Record group ARC 654 Black and White Photographs of U S Air Force and Predecessors' Activities Facilities and Personnel Domestic and Foreign compiled 1930 - 1975 documenting the period 1863 - 1975 Series ARC 542185 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers Agency-Assigned Identifier NASM 4A 26389<br /> NAIL Control Number NWDNS-342-AF-85396AC yes Other versions NARA-cooperation PD-USGov F-86 Sabres in the Korean War
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