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The F86 was on a rough par with the MIG15 in Korea. Yeager's assessment was that it was all about pilots, not the planes. Trivia: the Soviets eventually recov
by willvarfar 7y ago
The F86 was on a rough par with the MIG15 in Korea. Yeager's assessment was that it was all about pilots, not the planes.
Trivia: the Soviets eventually recovered an intact downed Sabre and shipped it to Russia for evaluation. They copied from it, including the Sabre's gun-sight that later fitted out the MIGs in Vietnam.
Did the F86 ever serve in the Vietnam war?
- dsfyu404ed 7y ago>Did the F86 ever serve in the Vietnam war? No. The National Guard had them through the 1960s but jet fighter technology was moving so fast at the time that they were not in front line service by the time the US had any involvement in Vietnam.
- tomohawk 7y agoIn Vietnam, the F100 (successor to F86) was in use, and it was actually obsolete at the time in comparison to the Migs. The F100 was the first jet that could fly supersonic in level flight. It was known as the widowmaker, as it was basically a subsonic aircraft that could go supersonic, with pre-supersonic cockpit and controls. The workload on the pilots was intense, and many pilots died in flight school. Since it was basically obsolete, it was used as ground attack aircraft, with fighter support provided by F105s. Source: family member flew F100s in Vietnam