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F-86 Sabre Aces of the 4th Fighter Wing (Aircraft of the Aces)

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Hard on the heels of his recent history of the 51st FW, noted Korean War historian Warren Thompson serves up the exploits of the top-scoring 4th FW in this nicely done Osprey 'Aircraft of the Aces' series.

As with previous Osprey titles by Thompson, the reader is presented with many first-person narratives from pilots who flew the Sabre in MiG Alley including accounts from well-known aces like Lonnie Moore, George Jones, Cliff Jolley and 'Hoot' Gibson. Not every F-86 pilot made ace and it's interesting reading the stories told by the 'wingy's.'

As always, there's tons of photos including many in color and 14 pages of color side-views and some nifty nose art.

A nice, well-deserved tribute to the top-scoring 4th FW!

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Wouldn't it be great if Osprey has a 'MiG-15 Aces of the Korean War' in the works!?!

The only thing missing in the text its that it should include more about the Sabre technical side and a little bit more about the Sabre - Mig comparison. In my opinion one of the most important thing missing (and it is a case with a number of Osprey books) its that there is no charts showing the regions over which the battles were fought or where the actions were taken. Also, there is a lot of talking about pilots "going from this squadron to that squadron etc."-this is a completely irrelevant information.In any case I think that the book is good and Osprey needs just a little bit to be perfect.

I like Korean War F-86 books. This book (#72) was a pleasant surprise. I already own Ospreys Korean War Aces (#4) and this book is an excellent companion book. I will compare these 2. The artwork is bigger in this book (#72) with a few duplications but a lot of black and white stripe profiles not in the other book. This book contains some color pictures not found in the other. Love the nose art compilation art! Unique! Both books contain some duplication of information (expected!) but not enough to dissuade purchasing both in my opinion. I like both books for different reasons and recommend them, but I do like this one just a little more than #4 when it comes to F-86 profiles (they are done the length of the page, not width so the F-86s are standing on their noses, if you will). Remember, book #4 also contains other aircraft in addition to F-86s (hence Korean War Aces title), but this book contains only F-86s (hence F-86 Sabre Aces of the 4th FW). I highly recommend this book.