F-86 Sabres of Pakistan Air Force

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Pathankot strike

 

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Pakistan Air Force Canadair CL-13B Mk 6 Sabre (Serial - 1705).

It was photographed at Peshawar in March 1980, shortly before the type was retired from service.

The Canadair CL-13B Sabre Mk 6 (PAF designation: F-86E) was one of the most capable variants of the iconic F-86 Sabre family. Pakistan acquired approximately 90 ex-Luftwaffe (German Air Force) Mk 6s via Iran in 1966 as a stop-gap after the 1965 arms embargo.

 

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Air Marshal Nur Khan inside the cockpit of a Canadair CL-13B Sabre Mk.6 (ex-Luftwaffe), known as the F-86E in the PAF inventory, 1966 (c).

Beautiful fighting Steed۔Having different Engine and smaller in size as compared to F86F USA made۔This model has more thrust and speed۔

IRAN BOUGHT 90 EX GERMAN F86 AND GIFTED TO PAKISTAN AFTER AMERICAN EMBARGO POST 1965 WAR.

 

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Canadair Mk. 6 Sabre #1815 served in the Pakistan Air Force before it was donated to the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada.

When Canada joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949, it agreed to provide a European air contingent. The best aircraft available at the time was the North American Sabre (F-86). Rather than purchasing Sabres from the United States, Canada obtained a licence to have them produced by Canadair in Montreal. This aircraft launched Canada into the jet age.

Sabre aircraft were a mainstay of the RCAF and NATO forces during the early years of the Cold War. They were also flown by air forces around the world and, during the 1950s and early 1960s, were considered the top fighter jets in the world.

Built under licence from North American, the Canadair Mk. 6 was the only Sabre variant made entirely in Canada. Our aircraft, #1815, was the last one ever produced.

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Flt Lt Yusuf Ali Khan nurses his damaged F-86F Sabre back to Sargodha on 3 September 1965 after surviving a 6 vs 1 melee with IAF Gnats. Later in the war, Flt Lt Yusuf would get his pound of flesh when he would shoot down an IAF Gnat flown by F/L A.N. Kale, who managed to eject safely.

The image shows the damaged F-86F (S/N 553870) at Sargodha.

 

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Firing Range Jamrud, near Peshawar KPK, 1965..