Contents

               Acknowledgments

               Introduction

  1           F-86 Design and Development

  2           Efforts to Improve Performance

  3           Maintenance: Unappreciated but Vital

  4           F-86 Flying Safety

  5           Soviet Fighters and Development of the MiG-15

  6           Korean War, Phase I: June through November 1950

  7           Air War Overview, 1950–53

  8           Exploitation of Enemy Aircraft

  9           Friendly Islands and Rescue Service

10           Sensitive and Controversial Matters

11           Top Guns: The Five Leading F-86 Aces

12           Double Aces

13           Other Aces

14           Other Groups of Pilots Who Flew F-86s in Korea

15           Red Aces

               Conclusion

               Epilogue

               Notes

               Bibliographic Essay

               Bibliography

               Index