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F-100 Super Sabre | bgcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3" align="center" style="border-bottom:3px solid"|North American F-100 Super Sabre | olspan="3" align="center"|
F-100 Super Sabre | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Description | | ole | colspan="2"|interceptor fighter, fighter-bomber | | rew | colspan="2"|1 | | irst Flight | colspan="2"|25 May 1953 | | ntered Service | colspan="2"|1954 | | anufacturer | colspan="2"|North American Aviation | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Dimensions | | ength | 50 ft | 15.2 m | | ingspan | 38 ft 9 in | 11.8 m | | eight | 16 ft 2.75 in | 4.9 m | | ing area | 400 ft² | 37.2 m² | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Weights | | mpty | 21,000 lb | 9,500 kg | | oaded | 28,847 lb | 13,084 kg | | aximum takeoff | 34,832 lb | 15,800 kg | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Powerplant | ngine | colspan="2"|Pratt & Whitney J57-P-21/21A turbojet | | hrust | 10,200 lb dry
16,000 lb afterburner | 45 kN dry
71 kN afterburner | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Performance | | aximum speed | 864 mph | 1,390 km/h | | ombat range | 1995 miles | 3,210 km | | erry range | miles | km | | ervice ceiling | 50,000 ft | 15,000 m | | ate of climb | 19,000 ft/min | 5,800 m/min | | ing loading | 72.1 lb/ft² | 351.7 kg/m² | | hrust/Weight | colspan="2"|0.55:1 | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Avionics | | un tracking radar | colspan="2"|AN/APR-25(v) | | adar warning receiver | colspan="2"|AN/APR-26(v) | | utomatic pilot | colspan="2"|Minneapolis-Honeywell MB-3 | | ow-altitude bombing system | colspan="2"|AN/AJB-1B | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Armament | | uns | colspan="2"|4 × 20 mm M39 cannon | | ombs | colspan="2"|Mk 7, Mk 28, Mk 43, Mk 57, or Mk 61 nuclear weapons
Up to 7040 lb (3,190 kg) of conventional bombs | | issiles | colspan="2"|4 × AIM-9 Sidewinder
GAM-83 Bullpup | The North American F-100 Super Sabre was a jet fighter aircraft that served with the USAF from 1954 to 1971 and with the ANG until 1979. It was the successor to the F-86 Sabre, the first of the century series of US jet fighters, and the first US fighter capable of supersonic speed in level flight. Development work began in 1949 for a supersonic interceptor, and prototype construction started in 1951, when the company won a contract for 110 aircraft. The first YF-100 prototype flew on May 25, 1953 with a Pratt & Whitney J57 engine, it broke the sound-barrier on its first flight. The YF-100 set a world speed record in October 1953 at 754.99 mph (1,215 km/h). The first aircraft, the F-100A, were delivered in late 1953, and became operational from September 1954. Despite the testing, there were a number of operational crashes that grounded the aircraft from November 1954 until February 1955 when the problem (stability) was identified and solved (larger control surfaces). The F-100A was followed by the F-100B (which was redesignated F-107A), the F-100C (1954, 476 built) and the F-100D (1956, 1,274 built) fighter-bombers, with increased wing area, fin and rudder size, six underwing hardpoints, and improved electronics. The F-100D was an unforgiving aircraft, with over 500 lost in accidents by USAF pilots. The final production variant was the F-100F tandem trainer (339 built), first flown in 1956. It was stretched by 3 m to accommodate the second crew. The Super Sabre, especially the F-100D was widely used in the Vietnam War, but was progressively replaced from 1966 by the F-4 and the F-105. The aircraft served in Vietnam until 1971. External links
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