Photograph of F-86 Sabre Jets in Korea. Photograph of F-86 Sabre Jets in Korea. "One of two photographs taken at a combat base in Korea depict, from two different angles, that moment of the air war against the Communists when the deadly Air Force F-86 "Sabre" jets of the 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing are about to scream northward. One can almost feel the whistling-vibration of the massed jet power as the "Sabre" pilots run up their engines just before take-off, sending thick, black plumes of smoke billowing out from the tail-pipes. Note the head-on view of the MIG-killers, ready to go. A m
Photograph of F-86 Sabre Jets in Korea. Photograph of F-86 Sabre Jets in Korea. "One of two photographs taken at a combat base in Korea depict, from two different angles, that moment of the air war against the Communists when the deadly Air Force F-86 "Sabre" jets of the 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing are about to scream northward. One can almost feel the whistling-vibration of the massed jet power as the "Sabre" pilots run up their engines just before take-off, sending thick, black plumes of smoke billowing out from the tail-pipes. Note the head-on view of the MIG-killers, ready to go. A moment more, and word from the tower will send the 650-mile-an-hour interceptors streaking down the runway two at a time, on their way to seek aerial battle once more with the Russian-built MIGs deep in Northwest Korea. The F-86s thus far have destroyed 630 of the swept-wing enemy.".
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