Prior to the Vietnam War, most of the legendary ... with the world's first supersonic jet; the F-100 Super Sabre. The North American Aircraft Company produced 2,294 F-100s and of those, 1,274 ...

The Cold War was one of the most interesting times for the development of innovative aircraft. Systems, like the F-86 Sabre or the F ... existence throughout the Vietnam War (U.S. warplanes ...

Recognizing the Me 262 as a true threat to American bombers, North American Aviation began building its own jet-powered fighter for the United States. In this case, work began on the F-86 Sabre.

Based off of German WWII jet designs, the F-86 Sabre would compete against the near-equally matched MiG-15 over the battlefields of Korea, marking the beginning of a new era of air combat.