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 ...

Initially designed as a supersonic fighter-bomber capable of nuclear delivery, the F-100 Super Sabre symbolized American aviation strength in the Cold War. By the mid-1960s, its shiny aluminum finish ...

North American’s F-100 Super Sabre was the first U.S. fighter to break the sound barrier in level flight. Capable of 825 mph, ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The Air Force finally bought into the design and introduced the F-100A model into service in October 1954. However, the Air Force’s first supersonic fighter was ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: In April 1961, F-100Ds in the Philippines were transferred to Thailand—the first U.S. military jets deployed to South East Asia. They did not see combat until 1964 ...

HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) — Improvements are still underway at Air Power Park in Hampton. On Monday, an F-100 Super Sabre plane was lifted onto a temporary platform to make room for its new, elevated ...

When I was a kid, I frequently dressed in my dad’s Korean War-era U.S. Navy uniform and spent hours “at sea” aboard my “ship” – an upside-down, redwood picnic table. I played a lot of sailor in my ...

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The F-22 and F-15 can travel at speeds up to and beyond Mach 2.25 and the F-35 can hit speeds of Mach 1.6, yet the first supersonic fighter aircraft emerged as far back as the 1950s with the North ...

In mid-July 1965, Jefferson City native Don D. Pittman arrived at Bien Hoa Air Base, Vietnam, where the recently promoted lieutenant colonel served as operations officer for the 429th Tactical Fighter ...