F-86F Sabre Fighter - Greenville, SC
N 34° 50.480 W 082° 23.652
17S E 372527 N 3856333
Pedestal-mounted F-86F Fighter, Greenville, SC
Waymark Code: WMD1PE
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 11/06/2011
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The F-86 was the USAF's first swept-wing jet fighter, makin its initial flight on Oct. 1, 1947. As a day fighter, the airplane saw service in Korea in three successive series (F-86A, E and F), where it engaged the Russian-built MiG-15. By the end of hostilities, it had shot down 792 MiGs at a loss of only 76 Sabres, a victory ratio of 10 to 1.
More than 5,500 Sabre day-fighters were built in the United States and Canada.
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