F-86 Sabre vs. MiG-15: The Manitoban Who Downed the Last MiG of the Korean War - Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada

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F-86 Sabre vs. MiG-15: The Manitoban Who Downed the Last MiG of the Korean War - Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada

Text by Lt Col (ret) Robert Nash for the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. During the Korean War, United Nations pilots flying the F-86 Sabre were involved in some of the earliest jet-to-jet battles in history. Their primary opponent was the Soviet-built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15, which was flown by North Korean, Soviet and Chinese pilots. The MiG-15 was one of the first successful jet fighters to incorporate swept wings to achieve high tra…