The
North American F-86 Sabre, sometimes called the
Sabrejet, was a
transonic jet fighter aircraft. Produced by
North American Aviation, the Sabre is best known as the United States' first
swept wing fighter that could counter the similarly-winged Soviet
MiG-15 in high-speed dogfights over the skies of the Korean War (1950–1953). Considered one of the best and most important fighter aircraft in that war, the F-86 is also rated highly in comparison with fighters of other eras. Although it was developed in the late 1940s and was outdated by the end of the '50s, the Sabre proved versatile and adaptable, and continued as a front-line fighter in numerous air forces until the last active operational examples were retired by the
Bolivian Air Force in 1994.