The North American F-100 Super Sabre was an American supersonic jet fighter aircraft designed and produced by the aircraft manufacturer North American Aviation. The first of the Century Series of American jet fighters, it was the first United States Air Force (USAF) fighter capable of supersonic speed in level flight. [3]
The F-100 Super Sabre was a swept-wing supersonic jet that served in the U. S. Air Force from 1954 to 1971; it remained active in the Air National Guard until 1979. The F-100 was the first Air Force jet fighter plane capable of supersonic speed in level flight.
F-100 North American F-100D Super Sabre of the United States Air Force. Produced in the 1950s and in military service into the 1970s, F-100s were used as low-level bombers and ground-attack aircraft during the Vietnam War.
After the single-seat, supersonic F-100 fighter entered service in 1954, it developed a high accident rate, in part due to pilot inexperience with the Super Sabre. In response North American built a two-seat training version -- the F-100F -- to train new Super Sabre pilots.
Four models were produced: the F-100A, a pure “day fighter,” was soon replaced by the F-100C, which retained a potent air-to-air fighting capability, but also with new air-to-ground attack and, more importantly, tactical nuclear weapons delivery capabilities.