A warplane and its gallant pilots were celebrated over the weekend. The new F-100 Super Sabre jet fighter exhibit at the Military Aviation Preservation Society Air Museum in Green is of both national ...
After nearly 30 years under Dean Cutshall's care, one of the two world's only flying F-100F Super Sabre transitions to new ...
Initially designed as a supersonic fighter-bomber capable of nuclear delivery, the F-100 Super Sabre symbolized American aviation strength in the Cold War. By the mid-1960s, its shiny aluminum finish ...
Here’s What You Need to Know: America’s first supersonic jet did not excel as a fighter and had beastly accident rate. On October 14, 1947, an orange-painted Bell X-1 piloted by Chuck Yeager became ...
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 ...