North American Sabreliner

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The North American Sabreliner, later sold as the Rockwell Sabreliner, is a mid-sized business jet designed and produced by American aircraft manufacturer North American Aviation. It was named "Sabreliner" due to the similarity of the wing and tail to North American's F-86 Sabre jet fighter. The Sabreliner was developed during the late 1950s and early 1960s. On September 16, 1958, the prototype Sabreliner made its maiden flight; it received a type certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in April 1963. It was offered to the United States Air Force (USAF) to fulfil its Utility Trainer Experimental (UTX) program. Introduced in 1962 under the T-39 Sabreliner designation, multiple military variants were operated by the USAF, United States Navy (USN), and United States Marine Corps (USMC) after the USAF placed an initial order in 1959. The type was deployed during the Vietnam War, replacing the Martin B-57 Canberra for transporting high-priority cargo. It was also operated as...

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