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To: Talisker

“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.”


3 posted on 04/01/2010 11:47:59 PM PDT by 21twelve ( UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES MY ARSE: "..now begin the work of remaking America."-Obama, 1/20/09)
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To: 21twelve

it was still flying as late as the mid seventies in various foreign air forces. I remember seeing a TV news report on the India-Pakistan war that featured a Pak F-86 hot on the tail of an IAF Mirage.


4 posted on 04/02/2010 12:01:15 AM PDT by balch3
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To: 21twelve

Just one reminder.
Yevgeni Pepelyajev flying NK MiG-15 Shot down 21 US warplanes, most of them F-86s.


5 posted on 04/02/2010 1:43:01 AM PDT by kronos77 (Kosovo is Serbian Jerusalem. No Serbia without Kosovo.)
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