Cold War Vehicle I-D: How to fuel & arm your USAF F-86 Sabre in Korea

Cold War: Approximately 1947 (due to U.S. President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine) to 1991 (Operation Desert Storm, collapse of Soviet Union).

Somewhere in Korea, date not known.

In June 1950, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (north) invaded the Republic of Korea (south) in an attempt to unite the country (something that had been promised at the end of World War Two).  The recently created United Nations essentially declared war and created the United Nations Command, invading Korea in September 1950.  The United Nations Command still operates in South Korea, today.

Korea, date not known.

Silent U.S. Air Force film (by H.E. Reid), re-arming and re-fueling your F-86 after a mission, Kimpo, Korea, 17DEC1950:

The F-86 used three Browning M3 12.7mm x 99mm (.50 caliber) machine guns.

Date not known.

The first F-86 Sabers to arrive in Korea touched down on Kimpo, 15DEC1950.  Three squadrons of F-86As had been sent to Korea to deal with the Soviet MiG-15.

Silent USAF film (by Frank Evans) of arming and fueling your F-86 near Taegu, Korea, 25-26JAN1951:

Mach Knocker.

Freshly armed and fueled Sabers take off from Taegu, silent film by Frank Evans:

 

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