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The Sabre Dogs
The F-86 Sabre was one of the iconic jets of early aviation, capturing public imagination while dogfighting MiGs over Korea. The F-86D/K Sabre Dogs
were far less popular, and that’s a shame.
This is likely due to the F-86D/K’s role as radar-equipped interceptors rather than the dogfighters which capture the public’s imagination. Ever soft-hearted, I wanted to make sure the F-86D/K and its export variants got all the love they deserve.
Details
- Type: SPH
- Class: aircraft
- Part Count: 179
- Pure Stock
- KSP: 1.10.0
Liveried F-86s are all 200 parts apiece
Downloading the Liveries
The download here on KerbalX is for the base-model F-86K
This drive link has the flags you need, as well as the different craft files for each variant:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13GkbNPfeZ5AVTaHBs0KEkJVcKKG4UiYH/view?usp=sharing
The Netherlands
The Royal Netherlands Air Force received 57 F-86Ks in 1957 (the export variant of the F-86D) 6 of which were license-built in Italy by Fiat. The F-86K was armed with 4 cannon and used a different fire control system.
The Philippines
Beginning in 1960, the Philippine Air Force received 20 ex-USAF F-86Ds as part of a weapons-support package. The F-86Ds were armed with an under-fuselage tray with 24 Mighty Mouse folding-fin aerial rockets.
These were the non-export variant of the F-86D, but the planes were now incapable of threatening state-of-the-art planes, it appears that it wasn’t a large concern (for context - the F-4 Phantom II was entering service in 1960)
The United States
Unsurprisingly, the United States fielded the most F-86Ds. After the front-line interceptors were phased to supersonic fighters, United States Air National Guards kept a large number of F-86Ds flying as reserve units.
Venezuela
Between 1955 and 1960, Venezuela acquired 32 U.S.-built F-86Fs (updated D models), and later acquired 79 Fiat-built F-86Ks in 1965 from West Germany.
Due to my limitations of finding easy livery to replicate, I didn’t find an actual image of this one
