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For more than two decades, BrandNet has commissioned original artworks to tell Australian military stories. The paintings became the source of limited edition prints, medallions and collectables, but the originals were never sold and have remained in the BrandNet Archives. This artwork is a true one of one. It is offered individually, priced on its significance, and once sold it will never be available again.
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Product Description:
CAC Sabre: Cobra Sabres is the original acrylic on canvas by Australian aviation artist Drew Harrison, and the sixth and final painting in the Iconic Aviation Collection, completing the series commissioned to celebrate aircraft that shaped Royal Australian Air Force history. Three CAC Sabres fly in formation, their swept wings creating a strong sense of speed and discipline, with the distinctive green cobra tail markings worn by aircraft including A94-988 providing the defining colour accent.
The CAC Sabre was far more than an Australian-built copy of the American F-86. To meet RAAF requirements, Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation substantially redesigned the aircraft around the more powerful Rolls-Royce Avon engine, retaining only about 40 per cent of the original fuselage design, and armed it with two 30mm ADEN cannon and Sidewinder missiles. The result was one of the most distinctive Australian combat aircraft of the early jet age.
In 1962, concern over fighting in neighbouring Laos led to the reinforcement of Thailand, and No. 79 Squadron RAAF was re-formed and deployed to Ubon, close to the borders of Laos and Cambodia, to provide air defence. For six years the squadron maintained aircraft at constant readiness as the Vietnam War escalated nearby and Ubon became an important American air base. The squadron fired no shots in anger, but its presence supported Thai air defence and demonstrated Australia’s commitment to regional security, service later recognised with a Battle Honour. The deployment ended in August 1968 and remains a largely forgotten chapter of Australia’s Cold War.
Harrison’s composition avoids manufacturing drama through imagined combat. Its tension comes from readiness: armed fighters deployed overseas, close to active conflicts, prepared to respond. That restraint makes the image faithful to the Ubon story, bringing together Australian engineering and Australian service in one work. The original is the unique source work behind the CAC Sabre limited-edition canvas, paper and aluminium artworks, and has remained in the BrandNet Archives since the commission.
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