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North American F-100 Super Sabre

The North American F-100 Super Sabre was a jet fighter aircraft that served with the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1954 to 1971 and with the Air National Guard (ANG) until 1979. As the first of the Century Series collection of USAF jet fighters, it was the first of a series of US fighters capable of supersonic speed in level flight and made extensive use of titanium throughout the aircraft.

The F-100 was designed originally as a higher performance follow-on to the F-86 air superiority fighter. Adapted as a fighter bomber, the F-100 would be supplanted by the Mach 2 class F-105 Thunderchief for strike missions over North Vietnam. The F-100 flew extensively over South Vietnam as the Air Force's primary close air support jet until replaced by the more efficient subsonic A-7 Corsair II The F-100 also served in several NATO air forces and with other US allies. In its later life, it was often referred to as "the Hun," a shortened version of "one hundred."

– Design & Development
– Variants
– Operational History

Type: Fighter-bomber
Crew: 1
Manufacturer: North American Aviation
Models: see variants
Number built: 2,294
Primary Users: United States Air Force France, Denmark, Turkey, Taiwan 		  Maiden flight: May 25, 1953
Service Delivery: Sept. 27, 1954
Retired (USAF): 1970
Retired (US ANG): 1979
Retired (Turkey): 1982
Specifications: F-100D Super Sabre
Powerplant:
 Model: Pratt & Whitney J57-P-21/21A
 Type: After-burning Turbojet
 Number: One
 Dry Thrust: 10,200 lb
 W. Afterburner: 16,000 lb
Dimensions:
 Length: 50 ft (15.2 m)
 Wingspan: 38 ft 9 in (11.81 m)
 Height: 16 ft 2¾ in (4.95 m)
 Wing area: 400 ft² (37 m²)
 Wing loading: 72.1 lb/ft² (352 kg/m²)
 Thrust/weight: 0.55
 Lift-to-drag ratio: 13.9
   Weights:
 Empty: 21,000 lb (9,500 kg)
 Loaded: 28,847 lb (13,085 kg)
 Max takeoff: 34,832 lb (15,800 kg)

Performance:
 Maximum speed: 864 mph (1,390 kph)
 Range: 1,995 mi (3,210 km)
 Service ceiling: 50,000 ft (15,000 m)
 Rate of climb: 22,400 ft/min (114 m/s)

 Armament:
– 4× 20 mm M39 cannon

 Bombload:
– 7,040 lb (3,190 kg) of bombs
Sources:
Wikipedia: F-100 Super Sabre
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