WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — The second largest Air Force museum in the country hosted a dedication ceremony for the F-100D Super Sabre, the first USAF fighter to fly faster than the speed of sound in level ...
Key point: This supersonic jet made history, but was terribly accident-prone. Here is how it evolved and what the Air Force learned from it. On October 14, 1947, an orange-painted Bell X-1 piloted by ...
In Vietnam, the F-100 Super Sabre was tasked with some of the most hazardous and downright frightening missions imaginable: Wild Weasel sorties. These daring flights involved baiting North Vietnamese ...
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 ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. First flown in 1953, the F-100 Super ...
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 ...
Fans of history will have something new to see in Warner Robins. The Museum of Aviation unveiled a new plane in their collection on Wednesday. The F-100D Super Sabre moved to its new home in Hangar ...
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. (AP) — Museum aviation restoration specialists in Georgia are expected to attach wings to the main body of an aircraft flown during the Vietnam War. The museum says the wings will ...
WARNER ROBINS -- Museum of Aviation restoration specialists are putting back together an F-100D Super Sabre airplane that was flown by retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Rick Goddard in combat during ...
The six U.S. Air Force aircraft that make up what is known as the Century Series—the North American F-100 through the Convair F-106—were the hottest jets of the cold war. Products of the mid- to late ...