 On July 27, 1953 the ceasefire came into effect.By that time there were 297 Sabres in Korea facing an estimated 950 Sino-Korean MiGs.During the conflict the F-86 pilots claimed to have destroyed 792 MiGs in air-to-air combat for a loss of 78 Sabres — a phenomenal 10 to 1 kills-to-losses ratio.