But the first operational jet fighter was the Me 262 Sparrow, some of which were converted from piston engine to jet engine in July 1942. When the Americans rolled out the F-86 just five years ...

The F-100 Super Sabre did almost everything a modern fighter could do except shoot down an enemy aircraft,” wrote Defense ...

ranging from the subsonic F-86 Sabre after World War II to the current, stealthy F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Now, militaries around the world are working on jets they believe will represent ...

The Sidewinders of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 86 recently achieved the crucial certification. VFA-86, the third squadron of the U.S. Navy to be equipped with the F-35C Lightning II aircraft ...

Vandenberg in 1956. Sandy Vandenberg became a fighter pilot and was sent to Europe as part of NATO. For two years while based in West Germany, he flew the F-86 fighter plane in preparedness for a ...