After the F-100 joined the Air Force in 1954, the type was found to offer superior performance to existing U.S. fighters. But ...

Super Sabre was the first U.S. jet fighter capable of sustained supersonic speed in level flight—an 864 MPH marvel armed with four 20mm cannons and powered by the groundbreaking Pratt & Whitney J57 ...

The staggeringly tempo of Super Sabre operations amounted to 40 million pounds of bombs and napalm dropped, and more than 360,283 sorties until the F-100’s withdrawal in 1971—more than any ...

Summary: The F-100 Super Sabre, known as the ‘Hun,’ marked America’s foray into supersonic jet fighters in the 1950s. Originating from the North American firm’s initiative, it evolved from ...

The new F-100 Super Sabre jet fighter exhibit at the Military Aviation Preservation Society Air Museum in Green is of both national interest and historical significance in military aviation.

The F-100D Super Sabre was built with a Pratt & Whitney J57-P-21 engine that produced 16,000 lbs. of thrust with the afterburner engaged. This gave it a maximum speed of 926.6 mph — faster than ...

On Monday, I had a rendezvous with the giddy, playful days of my youth, as I clambered up a ladder and into the cockpit of an F-100D Super Sabre fighter jet at the Palm Springs Air Museum.

Retired U.S. Air Force Major General Rick Goddard, former commander of the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, talked about restoring the fighter jet he flew in Vietnam in the late 1960s. He spoke ...

A surprise project arrived here last June, a legendary F-100 Super Sabre jet fighter that was rescued from the Arizona desert where she was retired in 1977. What's more, ...

A warplane and its gallant pilots were celebrated over the weekend. The new F-100 Super Sabre jet fighter exhibit at the Military Aviation Preservation Society Air Museum in Green is of both national ...

A warplane and its gallant pilots were celebrated over the weekend. The new F-100 Super Sabre jet fighter exhibit at the Military Aviation Preservation Society Air Museum in Green is of both ...