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In September 1958, it would be F-86F Sabres equipped with early AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles that would draw first blood against Communist Chinese MiGs over the Taiwan Straits. (Historynet Archives)
In September 1958, it would be F-86F Sabres equipped with early AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles that would draw first blood against Communist Chinese MiGs over the Taiwan Straits. (Historynet Archives)