In Korea last week, the fastest operational U.S. jet fighter plane got its first trial in combat, and the pilots shot down seven enemy planes. The American jets were North American F-86 Sabres, which had been clocked at 670.981 m.p.h. at Muroc Dry Lake, the Air Force's proving ground in California, and were reputed to be even faster. Russia's vaunted MIG-15, which had "walked away" from F80 Shooting Stars in Korea, is certainly almost as fast as the Sabre (and may be equally fast), but the F-86s were touted as sturdier, more...
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