North American F-86H Sabre The F-86H, perfected after the signing of the Korean Armistice, represented the practical application of knowledge gained from the thousands of combat missions flown by the earlier F-86A, E and F variants. Primarily a fighter-bomber, the F-86H was larger and heavier than its predecessors, but it had better all-around performance. The airplane was produced from late 1953 to August 1955, North American produced more than 450 F-86Hs. Although never used in combat, it prov