North American F-86 Sabre: libri illustrati di storia e guide

F-86 Sabre

NUOVO

Il North American F-86 Sabre fu il primo caccia a reazione a ali a freccia degli Stati Uniti. Partecipò ad alcuni dei primissimi combattimenti aerei tra aerei a reazione, affrontando i MiG sovietici durante la guerra di Corea.
Progettato alla fine degli anni 1940, fu superato da velivoli più moderni alla fine degli anni 1950, ma il suo design flessibile gli permise di rimanere in servizio a lungo.

In diverse forze aeree, rimase operativo fino a tardi nel XX secolo, in particolare in Perù negli anni 1990. Quasi 8.000 esemplari furono costruiti tra il 1949 e il 1956 negli Stati Uniti, in Giappone e in Italia, a cui si aggiunsero versioni imbarcate per la US Navy oltre a produzioni in Canada e Australia.

Questa nuova monografia ripercorre la storia completa del F-86, dalla sua progettazione al suo ritiro dal servizio, passando per tutte le principali varianti. Il suo impiego operativo è studiato in dettaglio a partire da numerose fonti d'archivio americane e britanniche recentemente accessibili.
Con circa 500 fotografie a colori e in bianco e nero, l'opera costituisce un riferimento essenziale sull'aviazione della guerra fredda e il modellismo aeronautico.

Dettagli

Autore:	Duncan Curtis
Formato:	384 pagine, 28 x 21.5 x 0.5 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	500 foto in B&N e in colori
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Crecy Publishing (GB, 2025)
ISBN:	9781800353244

F-86A Sabre - Korea 1950-51 (Osprey)

The F-86A Sabre had entered USAF service in 1949, and in December 1950 three squadrons were sent to South Korea. Despite primitive basing conditions and overwhelming Chinese opposition, the Sabre pilots stopped communist air forces from attacking UN ground troops and allowed Allied fighter-bombers to operate without threat of interception.

The ensuing air battles between Sabres and MiG-15s were the first since World War II, and the last in recent times to involve large numbers of jet fighters in direct confrontation.
In all of them the victorious F-86 pilots demonstrated the superiority of their training and tactics and the outstanding qualities of their Sabres.

Contemporary photographs and specially commissioned artwork, including a dramatic battlescene, armament views, technical diagrams and ribbon diagrams illustrating step-by-step each main dogfight explored in the book, bring the experiences of the Sabre pilots and their battle tactics vividly to life.

Dettagli

Autore:	Peter E. Davies, Gareth Hector, Jim Laurier
Formato:	80 pagine, 24.5 x 18.5 x 0.8 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	riccamente illustrato con foto e disegni
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2022)
Collana:	Dogfight (9)
ISBN:	9781472850355

North American F-86F Sabre - The Birth of a Modern Air Force

L'XP-86F effettuò il suo primo volo nell'ottobre del 1947. In sostanza, fu il risultato dell'integrazione delle ali a freccia nel progetto NA-140 della North American Aviation. Questo articolo offre uno sguardo dettagliato sul Sabre e sul suo impiego da parte dell'Aeronautica Militare Spagnola nel corso della sua vita operativa.

Dettagli

Autore:	Avila Gonzalo, Roberto Yanez
Formato:	56 pagine, 21.5 x 28 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	104 foto in B&N e in colori
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Schiffer Publishing Ltd (USA, 2015)
ISBN:	9780764347580

F-86 Sabre vs MiG-15 - Korea, 1950-53 (Osprey)

As the routed North Korean People's Army (NKPA) withdrew into the mountainous reaches of their country and the People's Republic of China (PRC) funneled in its massive infantry formations in preparation for a momentous counter-offensive, both lacked adequate air power to challenge US and UN.
Reluctantly, Josef Stalin agreed to provide the requisite air cover, introducing the superior swept-wing MiG-15 to counter the American's straight-wing F-80 jets. This in turn prompted the USAF to deploy its very best - the F-86A Sabre - to counter this threat. Thus began a two-and-a-half-year struggle in the skies known as "MiG Alley." In this period, the unrelenting campaign for aerial superiority witnessed the introduction of successive models of these two revolutionary jets into combat.
This meticulously researched study not only provides technical descriptions of the two types and their improved variants, complete with a "fighter pilot's assessment" of these aircraft, but also chronicles the entire scope of their aerial duel in "MiG Alley" by employing the recollections of the surviving combatants - including Russian, Chinese, and North Korean pilots - who participated.

Contents: Introduction - Chronology - Design and Development - Technical Specifications - The Strategic Situation - The Combatants - Combat - Statistics and Analysis - Aftermath - Bibliography - Index.

Dettagli

Autore:	Doug Dildy, Warren Thompson
Formato:	80 pagine, 25 x 18.5 x 0.5 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	riccamente illustrato con foto e disegni (in B&N e in colori)
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2013)
Collana:	Duel (50)
ISBN:	9781780963198

North American F-86 Sabre (Pilot's Flight Operation Instructions)

Built as both a fighter-interceptor and fighter-bomber, the F-86 Sabre (sometimes called the Sabrejet) was one of the most widely-produced fighters of the Cold War.

In December of 1950, three squadrons of Sabres were rushed into combat in Korea, where they dueled North Korean, Chinese and Russian pilots flying the MiG-15. By the time the war was over, F-86 pilots achieved a stunning victory ratio - destroying nearly 800 enemy aircraft with a loss of only 76 Sabres.
The nimble jet also saw combat in the Taiwan Straight Crisis and the Indo-Pakistan Wars of 1965 and 1971.

Originally printed by North American and the U.S. Air Force, this F-86 Flight Operating Manual taught pilots everything they needed to know before entering the cockpit. The manual was recently declassified and is here reprinted in book form.

Dettagli

Autore:	United States Air Force
Formato:	257 pagine, 25.5 x 20.5 x 1.4 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	riccamente illustrato con foto e disegni
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Periscope Film (USA, 2010)
Collana:	Pilot's Flight Operation Instructions
ISBN:	9781935700395