High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The North American F-86 Sabre was a post-war jet fighter that entered service with the United States Air Force in 1949 and was retired from active duty by Boliva in 1994. F-86s were licence-built in Italy by Fiat Aviazione and in Japan by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries; while variants were produced in Australia as the CAC CA-27 Sabre and in Canada as the Canadair CL-13 Sabre.