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On Tue, 8 Mar 2016 07:10:44 -0800, Savageduck
wrote: On 2016-03-08 14:08:24 +0000, said: On Tue, 08 Mar 2016 00:11:15 -0800, "Bob (not my real pseudonym)" wrote: On Mon, 7 Mar 2016 10:03:06 -0800, Savageduck wrote: On 2016-03-07 14:27:22 +0000, said: On Sun, 6 Mar 2016 19:12:19 -0600, "Byker" wrote: This picture is included in a display at the USAF Museum to honour Australia's contribution to a USAF fighter wing in the Korean War. Along with the Australians there was the South African AF SAAF 2nd Sqdrn which started out in F-51D's and then converted to F-86's. During a visit to Mojave, CA back in 1986, I saw four ex-SAAF Sabres in "kit form" stored between buildings. Still in full camo and markings. Hard to get photos, and I was suffering from a raging case of Jerry Brown's Revenge. TMI. Nitpicky me! This is really a Canadair CL13B Sabre Mk6 (powered by an Avro Canada Orenda) and would not have seen action in Korea. (First flight of the Mk 6 was November 1954.) The USAF loaned SAAF a number of F86Fs to replace their F51s in Korea. After the cease-fire (I hate to say "end of hostilities") these were returned to the USA. Correct. The 20 loaner F-86's, minus 4 lost in combat were returned to the US when the SAAF unit returned to South Africa in 1954. The SAAF then had several squadrons of Canadair Sabres in service until the mid-1960's. What I don't understand is why any Canadian-built Sabres were returned to the USA unless, of course, the US funded their construction. There were some very odd Cold War funding arrangements in the 50s and 60's. Those made for South Africa were some of the oddest due to the arms embargo in place. The SAAF managed to get a few Buccaneers before the UK stopped delivery of the full order. The back door was wide open, and with French, Italian and Israeli deals the SAAF got Mirage IIIs, South African built Aermacchi's, and the co-developed, Dassault Mirage derived, Kfir-Cheetah. Another odd arrangement, probably also a funding issue, was painting RAF Canadair Sabres into USAF colours for their delivery flight to the Italian AF. |
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