North American F-100 Super Sabre

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fighter-bomber aircraft jet fighter supersonic aircraft

The North American F-100 Super Sabre is a U.S. Air Force supersonic jet fighter-bomber that was the first of the Century Series and the first USAF fighter capable of sustained supersonic speed in level flight.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
F-100A 1
F-100C 1
F-100D 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fighter-bomber aircraft ⓘ
jet fighter ⓘ
supersonic aircraft ⓘ
aircraftFamily North American F-86 Sabre ⓘ
surface form: North American Sabre family
armament early air-to-air missiles ⓘ
four 20 mm M39 cannon ⓘ
unguided rockets ⓘ
various bombs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crew 1 ⓘ
enteredUSAFService 1954 ⓘ
firstFlight 1953-05-25 ⓘ
firstOfSeries Century Series fighters ⓘ
introduced 1954 ⓘ
manufacturer North American Aviation ⓘ
maximumSpeed approximately Mach 1.3 ⓘ
natoReportingName North American F-100 Super Sabre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Super Sabre
notableFeature first USAF fighter capable of sustained supersonic speed in level flight ⓘ
operator Denmark ⓘ
France ⓘ
United States National Guard ⓘ
surface form: National Guard units of the United States

Republic of China ⓘ
surface form: Republic of China (Taiwan)

Turkey ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
powerplant Pratt & Whitney J57 ⓘ
surface form: Pratt & Whitney J57 turbojet
predecessor North American F-86 Sabre ⓘ
primaryUser United States Air Force ⓘ
retiredFromANG 1979 ⓘ
retiredFromUSAF 1971 ⓘ
role air superiority fighter ⓘ
fighter-bomber ⓘ
ground-attack aircraft ⓘ
serviceCeiling approximately 50,000 ft ⓘ
status retired from front-line service ⓘ
successor McDonnell F-4 Phantom II ⓘ
F-105 Thunderchief ⓘ
surface form: Republic F-105 Thunderchief
tailConfiguration swept tail ⓘ
takeoffAndLanding conventional ⓘ
usedFor close air support ⓘ
fighter-bomber missions ⓘ
training in two-seat variants ⓘ
usedInConflict Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
surface form: Algerian War

Vietnam War ⓘ
variant North American F-100 Super Sabre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: F-100A

North American F-100 Super Sabre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: F-100C

North American F-100 Super Sabre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: F-100D

North American F-100 Super Sabre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: F-100F

RF-100A ⓘ
wingConfiguration swept wing ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum → hasAircraftOnDisplay → North American F-100 Super Sabre ⓘ
North American F-100 Super Sabre → natoReportingName → North American F-100 Super Sabre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Super Sabre
North American F-100 Super Sabre → variant → North American F-100 Super Sabre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: F-100A
North American F-100 Super Sabre → variant → North American F-100 Super Sabre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: F-100C
North American F-100 Super Sabre → variant → North American F-100 Super Sabre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: F-100D
North American F-100 Super Sabre → variant → North American F-100 Super Sabre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: F-100F