Sabre Jet was based on a story by the producer Carl Krueger with the screenplay written by the husband and wife playwright and screenwriting team of Dale Eunson and Katherine Albert.

The opening credits state: "This picture is dedicated to the air force wives who shared their men with a world made desperate by the most brutal aggressor in history.

Jane admits to the wing commander General Hale (Richard Arlen) that she is the wife of one of his squadron leaders, Colonel Gil Manton (Robert Stack).

General Hale replies that the wet season in North Korea will begin in a week that would make the operation impossible after it has begun.

After he is aloft, intelligence discovers the air base is located elsewhere and that what the General is flying over is a stronghold full of anti-aircraft weapons and enemy fighter aircraft.

Gil takes over command of the fighter wing and leads the escort mission protecting F-80 fighter-bombers and B-29 bombers on an attack against the North Korean air base.

[7] Sabre Jet was premiered in Dayton, Ohio, on September 3, 1953, during the National Air Show, in the presence of nine Korean aces, including Joseph McConnell Jr.[10] The film was critically reviewed by Bosley Crowther in The New York Times.