Canadair CL-13 Sabre
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The Canadair CL-13 Sabre was a jet fighter aircraft built by Canadair under licence from North American Aviation. A variant of the North American F-86 Sabre, it was produced until 1958 and used primarily by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) until replaced with the Canadair CF-104 in 1962. Several other air forces also operated the aircraft.
Variants[edit | edit source]
- Sabre Mk.1: One built, prototype F-86A.
- Sabre Mk.2: 350 built, F-86E-type, 60 to USAF, three to RAF, 287 to RCAF.
- Sabre Mk.3: One built in Canada, test-bed for the Orenda 3 jet engine, various other structural modifications were made to accommodate the Orenda engine.
- Sabre Mk.4: 438 built, production: ten to RCAF, 428 to RAF as Sabre F 4.
- Sabre Mk.5: 370 built, F-86F-type with Orenda engine, all to RCAF, 75 later passed to German Air Force.
- Sabre Mk.6: 655 built, 390 to RCAF, 225 to Luftwaffe, six to Colombia and 34 to South Africa.
Users[edit | edit source]
- Bangladesh
- Bangladesh Air Force
- Canada
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Colombia
- Colombian Air Force
- Germany
- Luftwaffe
- Greece
- Hellenic Air Force
- Honduras
- Honduran Air Force
- Iran
- Imperial Iranian Air Force
- Israel
- Israeli Air Force (order cancelled)
- Italy
- Aeronautica Militare
- Pakistan
- Pakistan Air Force
- South Africa
- South African Air Force
- Turkey
- Turkish Air Force
- United Kingdom
- Royal Air Force
- United States
- United States Air Force
- Yugoslavia
- SFR Yugoslav Air Force
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- Luftwaffe
- Pakistan Air Force
- Royal Canadian Air Force
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- South African Air Force
- Turkish Air Force
- United States Air Force
- Yugoslav Air Force