Re: Yugoslav Sabre jets, per
Joe Baugher's informative website, Yugoslavia received 122 F-86E(M). The F-86E(M) was a Canadair Sabre Mk4 built for the British RAF using American MDAP funds, as an interim swept-wing day fighter until the Hawker Hunter was ready. The RAF received 428 Mk4s in 1953, which they designated Sabre F.4; replaced by Hunters in 1956, the RAF "returned" 302 of them to the US 1956-58. The US redesignated them F-86E(Modified) and sold 180 of them to Italy, 122 to Yugoslavia 1958-59. Yugoslavia sold eight of them to Honduras in 1976, who used them into the 1990s.
The F-86E(M) had two hardpoints for drop tanks or a 1000lb/450kg bomb each, but since range without drop tanks was only 50 miles/80km, at least one tank was a required. Under each wing there were two zero-length stub launchers for HVARs; two HVARs could be hung in tandem from each launcher, for a maximum of eight rockets.
John
Re: Yugoslav OOB 41 additional aircraft
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