Commonwealth CA-27 Sabre Mk32

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The CAC Sabre, sometimes known as the Avon Sabre or CA-27, is an Australian variant of the North American Aviation F-86F Sabre fighter aircraft.

The F-86F was redesigned and built by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC).
Equipping five RAAF squadrons, the type saw action in the Malayan Emergency in the late 1950’s, and was employed for air defence in Malaysia and Thailand in the 1960’s.

Ex-RAAF models also saw service with the Royal Malaysian Air Force and the Indonesian Air Force.

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
• Wingspan: 37 ft 1 in (11.3 m)
• Height: 14 ft 5 in (4.39 m)
• Wing area: 302.3 sq ft (28.1 m²)
• Empty weight: 12,000 lb (5,443 kg)
• Loaded weight: 16,000 lb (7,256 kg)
• Max. takeoff weight: 21,210 lb (9,621 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet, 7,500 lbf (33.4 kN)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 700 mph (1,100 km/h) (605 knots)
• Range: 1,153 mi, (1,000 NM, 1,850 km)
• Service ceiling: 52,000 ft (15,850 m)
• Rate of climb: 12,000 ft/min at sea level (61 m/s)

Armament

• Guns: 2× 30 mm ADEN cannons with 150 rounds per gun
• Rockets: 24× Hispano SURA R80 80mm rockets
• Missiles: 2× AIM-9 Sidewinder Air-to-air missiles
• Bombs: 5,300 lb (2,400 kg) of payload on four external hard points, bombs are usually mounted on outer two pylons as the inner pairs are wet-plumbed pylons for 2× 200 gallons drop tanks to give the CAC Sabre a useful range. A wide variety of bombs can be carried with maximum standard lead-out being 2 x 1,000 lb bombs plus 2 drop tanks.