Flight simulator development work at Wright Air Development Center, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. Cockpit of F-86D Sabre flight simulator. Technician seated in a cockpit of F-86D. Instrument panel of the flight simulator. A soundproof room used for testing. Scene changes to icing test on the rotor blades of an R-5 Sikorsky conducted at Eglin Air Force Base. R-5 in flight.
An aircraft of the U.S. 8th Fighter-Bomber Wing, preparing for mission at Suwon Air base(K-13) in South Korea during the Korean War. An airman standing under one of the wings of an F-86 Sabre and preparing to refuel the aircraft. The airman fixing the fuel pipe on to the tank of the aircraft from a fuel tanker. 'FU-367' written on the aircraft. Two airmen standing beside the fuel tanker. One of the airmen writing down a note. An airman opening a compartment on the side of the F-86, using a screwdriver. 'The Georgia Peach' written on the compartment door. The airman checking the machine gun ammunition inside the compartment.
Evolution of United States Air Force uniforms in the United States. A pilot wearing a 1957 U.S. Air Force uniform gets into the cockpit of United States Air Force F-86A Sabre aircraft. He puts on his helmet and connects an oxygen pipe. The pilot makes communication connections and closes the canopy. A pilot wearing a 1957 U.S. Air Force uniform does a preflight checking of a F-86A Sabre aircraft. He puts on a parachute and climbs into the cockpit.
Air Force Test pilot, Major R.L. Johnson, boards North American F-86A armaments test Sabrejet aircraft number FU-611 at Muroc Air Base (soon after renamed Edwards Air Force Base). Ground crew assists the pilot with chute. Pilot puts on the helmet and oxygen mask. Aircraft taxis. Aircraft in level flight -- extends and retracts speed brakes. Plane rolls to its right and dives. Men at monitoring post on the ground. Aircraft performs several low level high speed passes.Plane lands, and Major Johnson hops out of cockpit all the way to ground where he is congratulated by another Air Force major and ground crew personnel. He puts cigarette in his mouth and feels in his flight suit for a lighter. Major Johnson set an official record of 670.981 mph by flying four times over a 1.86-mile course at altitudes below 150 feet.
United States F-86 Sabre fighter jets down Soviet MiG 15 aircraft in Korean War aerial dogfight. U.S. and Soviet planes in flight. Aerial view of ground below. Sabre fires machine gun. A Sabre blasts a Mig in flight. The Mig in flames descends to the ground. Another Mig is hit and downed.
Three F-86 Sabre jet aircraft take off in formation from runway. They make several successive passes in formation, over the field. A C-47 control aircraft is seen high above the airfield.
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