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The North American F-86D\/K\/L Sabre<\/strong> (initially known as the YF-95<\/strong> and widely known informally as the “Sabre Dog<\/strong>“)[2]<\/a><\/sup>[3]<\/a><\/sup> is an American transonic<\/a> jet interceptor<\/a>. While the original North American F-86 Sabre<\/a> was conceived as a day fighter<\/a>, the F-86D was specifically developed as an all-weather<\/a> interceptor for the United States Air Force<\/a> in the late 1940s. Originally designated as the YF-95 during development and testing, it was re-designated the F-86D before production began, despite only sharing 25% commonality of parts with the original F-86. Production models of the F-86D\/K\/L differed from other Sabres in that they had a larger fuselage, a larger afterburning<\/a> engine, and a distinctive nose radome<\/a>. The most-produced Sabre Dog variants (the “D” and “G” models) also mounted no guns, unlike the Sabre with its six M3 Browning<\/a> .50 caliber machine guns, instead mounting unguided Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket<\/a> (FFAR) \u201cMighty Mouse\u201d rockets. The “K” and “L” Sabre Dog variants mounted four 20mm M24A1<\/a> cannon.[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Design and development<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Rocket tray<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The YF-95 was a development of the F-86 Sabre, the first aircraft designed around the new 2.75-inch (70 mm) “Mighty Mouse” Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket<\/a> (FFAR). Begun in March 1949, the unarmed prototype, 50-577<\/em>, first flew on 22 December 1949, piloted by North American test pilot George Welch<\/a> and was the first U.S. Air Force night fighter<\/a> design with only a single crewman and a single engine, a J47-GE-17 with afterburner rated at 5,425 lbf (24.1 kN) static thrust<\/a>. Gun armament was eliminated in favor of a retractable under-fuselage tray carrying 24 unguided Mk. 4 rockets, then considered a more effective weapon against enemy bombers than automatic cannon fire. A second prototype, 50-578<\/em>, was also built, but the YF-95 nomenclature was short-lived as the design was subsequently redesignated YF-86D.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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