THE PROTAGONIST: NORTH AMERICAN F-86F SABRE In 1954, Pakistan - TopicsExpress

THE PROTAGONIST: NORTH AMERICAN F-86F SABRE In 1954, Pakistan began receiving the F-86F Sabres. Many of these aircraft were the F-86F-35 from USAF stocks, but some were from the later F-86F-40-NA production block, made specifically for export. Many of the −35s were brought up to −40 standards before they were delivered to Pakistan, but a few remained −35s. PAF had 100 F-86F Sabre fighter bombers at the onset of September 1965 war which equipped nine PAF squadrons: Nos. 5, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 26 Squadrons. They formed the backbone of the PAF. General characteristics Crew: 1 Length: 37 ft 1 in (11.4 m) Wingspan: 37 ft 0 in (11.3 m) Height: 14 ft 1 in (4.5 m) Wing area: 313.4 sq ft (29.11 m²) Empty weight: 11,125 lb (5,046 kg) Loaded weight: 15,198 lb (6,894 kg) Max. takeoff weight: 18,152 lb (8,234 kg) Powerplant: 1 × General Electric J47-GE-27 turbojet, 5,910 lbf (maximum thrust at 7.950 rpm for five min)with water injection (26.3 kN) Fuel provisions Internal fuel load: 437 US gallons (1,650 L)), Drop tanks: 2x200 US gallons (760 L) JP-4 fuel Performance Maximum speed: 687 mph (1,106 km/h) at sea level at 14,212 lb (6,447 kg) combat weight also reported 678 mph (1,091 km/h) and 599 at 35,000 feet (11,000 m) at 15,352 pounds (6,960 kg). (597 knots (1,106 km/h) at 6446 m, 1,091 and 964 km/h at 6,960 m.) Stall speed: 124 mph (power off) (108 knots (200 km/h)) Range: 1,525 mi, (2,454 km) Service ceiling: 49,600 ft at combat weight (15,100 m) Rate of climb: 9,000 ft/min at sea level (45.72 m/s) Wing loading: 49.4 lb/ft² (236.7 kg/m²) lift-to-drag: 15.1 Thrust/weight: 0.38 Armament Guns: 6 X 0.50 in (12.7 mm) M3 Browning machine guns (1,800 rounds in total) Rockets: variety of rocket launchers; e.g: 2 Matra rocket pods with 18 SNEB 68 mm rockets per pod Bombs: 5,300 lb (2,400 kg) of payload on four external hardpoints, bombs were usually mounted on outer two pylons as the inner pairs were plumbed for 2 200 US gallons (760 L) drop tanks which gave the Sabre a more useful range. A wide variety of bombs could be carried (max standard loadout being 2 1,000 lb bombs plus two drop tanks), napalm canisters and could have included a tactical nuclear weapon.

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