After the Korean crisis, over 100 of F-86Fs were given to Japanese Self Defence Force from the United States. After a while, Mitsubishi Heavy Industry started manufacturing themselves F-86F under the license, and finally three hundred Sabres were completed in Japan. In the peak, all the Japanese Islands were covered with seven F-86F fighter groupes. The Blue Impulse had been with F-86F since 1960 through 1980.