F-86 SABREThis book charts the operational career of the F-86, from its inception in 1950 through the embattled skies of Korea to its role as NATO's guardian and later as the fighter workhorse of many Third World nations into the 1970s. |
Contents
F86 Development | 1 |
First Encounters over the Yalu | 12 |
Second Phase | 21 |
Copyright | |
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