Before Yeager and Air Force test pilots Albert Boyd and H.E. Tom Collins put the MiG-15 through its paces ... the North American F-86 Sabre, which in the film joins up with Yeager for part ...

Although intended to replace the legendary MiG-15 in the intense aerial battles against the equally legendary F-86 Sabre, the (relatively) newer jet didn't actually see combat over the skies of Korea.