# NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION 1950s F-86 SABRE JET / TORNADO AIRCRAFT FILM 32264

This promotional film for North American Aviation shows the F-86 Sabrejet in various versions of the aircraft including F-86A, F-86E and F-86H as well as the afterburner equipped F-86D jet interceptor. The film also shows aerial re-fueling by a KB-29 (2:45 mark), the B-45 Tornado, T-28 Trojan Advanced Trainer (5 minute mark), the FJ-2 Fury jet fighter, and the AJ-1 Savage with one jet and two piston engines (shown operating aboard USS Midway CV-41). Summary: 00:00 Spectacular aerial victories in Korean skies against superior enemy numbers won a unique combat distinction for the F-86 Sabre jet fighter. The F-86A Sabre, the first of this historic series, set a world speed record of 670 miles per hour shortly after leaving production lines, later dominating combat in MiG Alley. 1:00 Later versions of the Sabre, including the E, F, and H models, continued coming off North American drawing boards and production lines. These models retained the basic combat-proven design of the original Sabre while utilizing advanced control systems to harness added engine power. 1:24 The F-86D model is introduced as the nation's first all-rocket and only one-man jet interceptor. This version climbs quickly to high altitudes to destroy targets in all weather conditions, utilizing a larger fuselage for a more powerful jet engine and afterburner alongside a shark-like nose housing search radar. 1:52 The F-86D possesses severe firepower from 24 large aircraft rockets that can fire all at once.…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/32264ThisIsAirPower)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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