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Volume 12 Number 2

Summer 2004

A publication of the F-86 Sabre Pilots Association

SabreJet Classics volume 12, number 1 Spring 2004 Contents 3................................. President's Notebook Folded Wings 4............................................from the editor list of e-mail addresses 6...........Memories of Great Fighter Pilots Flt Lt John King, RAF by Charles Kell 8.......................................The Unknown Ace Manuel J. "Pete" Fernandez by Larry Davis 14.........................Flying the RCAF Sabre 6 by George Schulstad 16 ......................... DVD Review F-86 Sabre

SabreJet Classics Board of Directors Flamm D. Harper, Chairman Emeritus Dan Druen, Chairman Bruce Ilinton Pat Hughes Bob Matasick Rober N. Slater Lloyd Ulrich Alonzo Walter

Association Officers Jerry Johnson, President Bob Smith, Vice President Secretary, Diane Weiland Richard F. Geiger, Treasurer George Menster, Flight line Store Bill Weiger, Web Master Polly Winesett, Director, Computer Services

17 ............................... book list & previews 1 8 ..................... Lucky Day At Rhein Main by Howard Meyers What Is It!

Editor Larry Davis

19..........................................Sabre Reunions Your Air Guard In Action

Associate Editors Alonzo , J Walter, USAF Ret. ,Johnl lenderson, NAA Ret. David W. Menard, USAF Ret.

(front cover) Crew chiefs and armorers button up the gun bay on a 16th FIS F-86E at Suwon AB, prior to a mission to MiG Alley in early 1952. The 51st Wing transitioned into F-86Es and were "combat ready" in December 1951. (credit - Larry Davis collection)

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