When the Korean War began, propeller-driven aircraft were still in use, but soon the aerial combats involved Russian-built MiG-15s and U. S. F-80s and F-86s for which SIFCO manufactured the main leg cylinder. The Sabre Jet was the first swept wing fighter built in the United States and scored consistent 10 to 1 victories over the MiGs.
| A steam catapult bears the tremendous strain of acceleration upon takeoff from an aircraft carrier such as the U. S. S. Saratoga shown here. SIFCO Forge Group produced the catapult shuttle from a chromium-nickel-molybdenum alloy. | |
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