The NAA F-86, America’s first swept-wing jet, made her maiden flight – in the guise of the XP-86 prototype – on October 1, 1947, and the production model of the plane officially entered into U.S. Air Force operational service in 1949.
F-86 Sabre: One of the Best Fighter Jets Ever?
The NAA F-86, America’s first swept-wing jet, made her maiden flight – in the guise of the XP-86 prototype – on October 1, 1947, and the production model of the plane officially entered into U.S. Air Force operational service in 1949.
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