F-100 Super Sabre "The Hun" | North American Supersonic Jet Fighter | FULL DOCUMENTARY
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- The North American F-100 Super Sabre, full documentary. The "Hun" is an American supersonic 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. The first of the Century Series of USAF jet fighters, it was the first USAF fighter capable of supersonic speed in level flight. The F‑100 was designed by North American Aviation as a higher-performance follow-on to the F-86 Sabre air-superiority fighter.
Adapted as a fighter-bomber, the F-100 was superseded by the high-speed Republic F-105 Thunderchief for strike missions over North Vietnam.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 being replaced by the more efficient subsonic LTV A-7 Corsair II The F‑100 also served in other NATO air forces and with other U.S. allies. In its later life, it was often referred to as the "Hun", a shortened version of "one hundred".
n January 1951, North American Aviation delivered an unsolicited proposal for a supersonic day fighter to the United States Air Force. Named Sabre 45 because of its 45° wing sweep, it represented an evolution of the F-86 Sabre. The mockup was inspected on 7 July 1951, and after over 100 modifications, the new aircraft was accepted as the F-100 on 30 November 1951. Extensive use of titanium throughout the aircraft was notable. On 3 January 1952, the USAF ordered two prototypes followed by 23 F-100As in February and an additional 250 F-100As in August.
The YF-100A first flew on 25 May 1953, seven months ahead of schedule. It reached Mach 1.04 on this first flight in spite of being fitted with a derated XJ57-P-7 engine. The second prototype flew on 14 October 1953, followed by the first production F-100A on 9 October 1953. The USAF operational evaluation from November 1953 to December 1955 found the new fighter to have superior performance, but declared it not ready for wide-scale deployment due to various deficiencies in the design. These findings were subsequently confirmed during "Project Hot Rod" operational suitability tests.
Six F-100s arrived at the Air Proving Ground Command (APGC), Eglin Air Force Base, in August 1954. The Air Force Operational Test Center (AFOTC) was scheduled to use four of the fighters in operational suitability tests and the other two were to undergo armament tests by the Air Force Armament Center. The Tactical Air Division of the AFOTC was conducting the APGC testing under the direction of project office Lieutenant Colonel Henry W. Brown. Initial testing was completed by APGC personnel at Edwards Air Force Base.
Particularly troubling was the yaw instability in certain flight conditions, which produced inertia coupling. The aircraft could develop a sudden yaw and roll, which would happen too fast for the pilot to correct and would quickly overstress the aircraft structure to disintegration. Under these conditions, North American's chief test pilot, George Welch, was killed while dive testing an early-production F-100A (s/n 52-5764) on 12 October 1954.
Another control problem stemmed from handling characteristics of the swept wing at high angles of attack. As the aircraft approached stall speeds, loss of lift on the tips of the wings caused a violent pitch-up. This particular phenomenon (which could easily be fatal at low altitude with insufficient time to recover) became known as the "Sabre dance".
Nevertheless, delays in the Republic F-84F Thunderstreak program pushed the Tactical Air Command (TAC) to order the raw F-100A into service. TAC also requested that future F-100s be fighter-bombers, with the capability of delivering nuclear bombs.
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 50 ft (15 m)
Wingspan: 38 ft 9 in (11.81 m)
Height: 16 ft 2.75 in (4.9467 m)
Wing area: 400 sq ft (37 m2)
Aspect ratio: 3.76
Airfoil: NACA 64A007
Zero-lift drag coefficient: CD0.0130
Drag area: 5.0 sq ft (0.46 m2)
Empty weight: 21,000 lb (9,525 kg)
Gross weight: 28,847 lb (13,085 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 34,832 lb (15,800 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney J57-P-21/21A afterburning turbojet engine, 10,200 lbf (45 kN) thrust dry, 16,000 lbf (71 kN) with afterburner
Performance
Maximum speed: 924 mph (1,487 km/h, 803 kn)
Maximum speed: Mach 1.4
Range: 1,995 mi (3,211 km, 1,734 nmi)
Service ceiling: 50,000 ft (15,000 m)
Rate of climb: 22,400 ft/min (114 m/s)
Lift-to-drag: 13.9
Wing loading: 72.1 lb/sq ft (352 kg/m2)
Thrust/weight: 0.55
Armament
Guns: 4× 20 mm (0.787 in) M39A1 revolver cannon each with 200 rounds per gun
Hardpoints: 6 with a capacity of 7,040 lb (3,190 kg), with provisions to carry combinations of:
Missiles: ** 4× AIM-9 Sidewinder or
2× AGM-12 Bullpup or
2× or 4× LAU-3/A 2.75" (70 mm) unguided rocket dispenser
Bombs: Conventional bombs or Mark 7, Mk 28, Mk 38, or Mk 43 nuclear bombs
Avionics
Minneapolis-Honeywell MB-3 automatic pilot
AN/AJB-1B low-altitude bombing system
AN/APR-26 rearward radar warning
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I was an A2C assigned to a TACP with the 5th Inf. Div. (M) Ft. Carson, CO in 63-65. I worked directly for the ALO, LtCol Clyde Strain. He kept his F-100 flight time current at Buckley ANG Base, Co. He was able to get the F-100F (2 seater) and somehow got me in the back seat during one of his flights. He took off and told me to not touch anything except the mike button as if we had to eject he'd punch us out. We took off and headed east over Kansas and then he told me we'd break the sound barrier for about a minute over the unoccupied farm land. I'm now 79 but have never forgot my flight after my 20+ years on active duty.
Cool.
My father flew F-100s. Years later as an adult, I learned about the "Sabre Dance". I asked him how they landed those planes and he said, "you better be paying attention" and then he smiled. Fighter pilots are a different breed.
Once that "Sabre Dance" started everybody knew it was a one way ticket.
If any pilot ever recoverd from that horrid condition, I'd certainly like to hear about it.
@@Johnnycdrums The video I watched, he went full afterburner pretty early on in the instability stage and it just didn't matter. Fucking plane refused to fly. They fixed it on later models but those early one's were a bitch.
I grew up in the Fifties across a field from the North American plant. The sign on top said, "HOME OF THE SUPER SABER." I just remember the airplane from pictures in the Monthly NAA magazine. This was a really good time and place to grow up for a kid like me.
My experience with the F100 was first as a plastic model with incredible sleek lines. My next experience was in in 1970 in Vietnam in what was called the”Iron Triangle” as we were heading toward Fire base Redleg. We had paused by a road where our unit was active when the CO came running back yelling get out of here. I turned around and in my face was a pair of f100s who then dropped their pairs of Napalm canisters above our heads.
The forward motion pushed them tumbling over the elephant grass and then the next pair followed with the same result.
F 100, first jet I ever turned wrenches on as a USAF crew chief.
I guarded many F-100 D’s while stationed at RAF Lakenheath, Great Britain, 1967-1971 as a Security Policeman. My hearing loss was inevitable. Either way, I am proud to have served. Anderson, Dudley, Wetherby, Brigadier General Gailor, Dyette,
Thank you for your service Robert, and sorry for the loss of your hearing
When I was much younger I was on a motorcycle entering Nevada cruising 100mph+ with the road to myself, when a guy in an F100 at low level & near stalling speed passes on my left, like he wanted to get a good look at my ride. For fifteen seconds my life became an action movie ;)
That cool Odinist!
Must be one of the historical aircraft videos with the best photography.
My mom has pictures of her brother next to his F100.. I think the F86 and F100 are two of the best looking planes ever.. Both so clean a sleak looking..
This plane I feel like is greatly overshadowed by the f4 phantom. This plane is my favorite and in my opinion is better looking than the phantom.
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August, 1967, days after my 7th birthday, my family was moving from Florida to Arizona and as we rolled down the Highway we heard an extremely loud BOOM and two airplanes streaked overhead close enough for my Father (An avid aviation buff) to exclaim those are F100s. They shouldn't be so fast so low! It turned out we were passing next to White Plains, New Mexico, a military gunnery range. I still have no idea why they were so fast and so low but for the next 2 years I would be out playing with friends (in Phoenix, Arizona) and we would hear a Sonic boom and I would say with certainty to my friends "F100s!". 😁
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What is never mentioned….the P-51 Mustang, the F-82 Twin Mustang, the F-86 Sabre, the F-100 Super Sabre……we’re all designed by a German-born and educated engineer…Edgar Schmued. I suppose that would have embarrassing during the war.
I used to talk planes with my grandfather for hours on end. We built models and rc planes together until I was in my late 30s. He even donated a Beechcraft Staggerwing to the Wright Pat Air Museum which is on display to this day.
I knew he flew during the Korean Conflict. But only recently discovered he flew the F100 supersabre when I found a black and white photo in a small jewelry box i inherited after his death, of him standing next to the F100 suited up along with a Mach Busters pin. I thought it was odd he never told me.
The Thunderbirds flew them for many years. One hell of a fighter!
My Dad was a member of the 188th New Mexico I miss you Dad
Bless him
Great video with fantastic historical pictures and films.....The F100 is also my favorite turbine rc jet. tks much for this video..........
Wow, does this bring back some happy childhood memories. Thanks!
My dad was head of the medical clinic at Çigli AB in the early 1960s, so we saw LOTS of those Super Sabres while we were living on base. LOTS. My brother and I loved watching them!
Two big events at Çigli AB come to mind: one , not Hun related, when the Jupiter missiles were brought back to the base for destruction after the Cuban Missile crisis agreement between the US and USSR. It was quite the sight to see those big missiles coming into the base on trailers behind semi trucks. (Minus warheads, of course)
Another, February 1964 - thirteen F-100s came in after nearly 12 hours flying time. They had had several tanker aerial refuelings, and some were at night. A record at the time I think. 308th Fighter Squadron?
Question re. use in Viet Nam. Were the Super Sabres part of Ia Drang?
Thanks again. Love your documentaries.
Thank you so much for sharing your memories, and thank you for the kind compliment!
No words Only hand over heart!¡!!
I always thought the F100 Thunderbirds were awesome.
Very good video
I was a Navy J57 intermediate level mechanic. I got to wrench on a F100 transient A/C that was broken at NAS Alameda.
Thank you for your service!
In this video, the narator calls one of the bases Tee Wars. WRONG!!! I was stationed there in 1970. The bases name was Tuy Hoa (Pronounced Twoee Wah) They gave the base to the Army and anyone with less than six months retainability in country got to come home. Anyone with more get reassigned. I had been there for nine months so I got to come home. I was a F-100 D Crew Chief. When I came home I was reassigned to Luke Air Force base (Wherre I was stationed before going to Nam) and I was crosstrained to F-4's. I went in in 1968 and got out in 1972.
You did a really great job with this video. I am working on an F-100D model in Vietnam colors and wanted to see a good summary of the aircraft with video. You delivered - kudos..
I enlisted in the air Force in September of 1968 and had basic training at Amarillo AFB, Amarillo, Texas. On October 31, 1968, I arrived at Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colorado where I started Weapons Mechanic Technical School. There I trained to work on Vulcan Machine Guns, Mini Guns and to load bombs, rockets, missiloes and trained to track down malfunctions on armament control panels and bomb racks. Also while there at Lowry, I got my security clearance of "Secret" with "Top Secret" available. This was due to the fact that I might be loading nuclear weapons, depending where I got stationed and what aircraft I might be working on. I actually did load nuclear rockets and two different types of missiles at my next assignment after returning from Vietnam, but that is another story. After finishing up Weapons Technical School, my first duty station was Luke Air Force Base, Phoenix, Arizona. There I was loading bombs on the F-100 Super Sabre and had some additional training on the 20mm machine guns that were mounted in the bottom of the fuselage beneath the pilot's cockpit. After six months at Luke AFB, I got orders to Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam, where I again worked on the F-100 Super Saber, as well as the A-37 Jet Attack Fighter, specifically in Weapons Release. That consisted of maintenance and fixing issues with faulty armament control panels and bomb racks on both the F-100s as well as the A-37s. I worked 12 hour shifts from 6:00 P.M. until 6:00 A.M.., but many times we worked past 6:00 A.M. depending on what was going on at any given time. The A-37 was a small sub-sonic attack jet but the F-100 was super sonic and had an afterburner. When the F-100s took off at night on tactical air strikes, you could see that long plum of fire from the afterburner as they took off and climbed for altitude. It really lit up the runway and was very loud. But, I never tired of watching them take off. It was something I will remember always. The F-100 was the "workhorse" of all the close air support missions in South Vietnam. They were also the jet used for the initial "Misty Flight Fast FACS" in North Vietnam searching for anti-aircraft guns and SAM sights in North Vietnam. It did every job assigned to it and did it well.
thank you for your service William, and thank you for sharing your story!
@@Dronescapes I'm glad you enjoyed it. That tour of duty was my first experience with rocket , mortar and sapper attacks as well as working our tails off. But, it was an Experience that I am proud of and have no regrets for volunteering. I would volunteer again in a flash under one condition: Let me win this time.
I am an airplane enthusiast from China, this is a very beautiful airplane
The F-86 & F-100 benefited from captured Luftwaffe flight research & German scientists brought to the USA
My Father flow F-100 the Hun for Turkish Airforce in Eskisehir. Great Jet he stated.
When I was in Thailand in an F-105 squadron rhe were called the Lead Sled based on their 4 to 1 glide ratio lolol. Yeah I know, the 105 was known as the Thud, based on the sound it made when it hit the ground.
Thanks!
Thank you so MUCH Jim!
1970 was crew chief on F-100Ds at Tuy Hoa AB RVN.
Thank,you for your service
They were pretty decent in the air, it was the takeoffs and landings you had to watch out for.
It is intereresting to note that Yugoslavia had I think Super Sabres, some or all of them based in YYmunik near Zadar as I have been told by my Father in law serving ini Sabre maintenanace. After setting in 1956 problems with Soviets started in 1948., Yugoslavia turned to Soviet warfare and Sabres were replaced by MIG17 and very soon, in early 60,s by MIG21. It would be interresting to know what happened with those Sabres, first supersonic speed in Yugoslavia been achieved on this planes. I know that the last delivery of spare parts, allready paid, was canceled in USA Congres. So Ygoslavia was among the first countries to have Sabres in early 50s and MIG21 in early 60,s. "Fun Fact"?
I wonder if canards would have helped with its low speed control problems.
My uncle was an Air Force test pilot and, he unfortunately died in a test flight.
Back when men were men, and jet planes were unforgiving for the slightest of mistakes.
Nothing like jp1....read kerosene...my HVAC/R colleg worked on these,and shared old slides with me on his crew cheifing abilities...got to see first hand Korea and the devastation that it produced... Thank you Bill Minter!!!now the F-105 is a different animal...
That sucks that yhey cancelled the RAPIOR project! Those pilots had it just as rough as the grunts in many ways..
By that time russia allready had Mig-21's LMFAO
If I'm not mistaken, the P51 the 86 and 100 were penned by a German.
I mean no offense here: if you can find someone to teach you how to correct the very frequent writing/composition/grammar mistakes & your often mixed-up/misapplied idioms, phrases, & colloquialisms... If you can progress your English fluency, from roughly equal to working-class Americans under ~40 (far too many are noticeably below the literacy, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary of people who have learned to speak English after growing up overseas, speaking a different language) and become well-versed in the linguistic nuances and idiosyncrasies that make it immediately clear, to a native English-speaker like myself, that you don't possess a suitably complete understanding of the meanings behind many of the words & phrases you use. You _speak_ American English really well! Your voice-overs are clear, easy to understand, and you exhibit only a hint of an accent. If you simply had a more though knowledge of _what_ to say, I believe I wouldn't have been able to notice that your videos aren't just some professionally produced show from a cable TV channel. It's the only area you need to work on.
Take a class, in you can, or get a tutor. Maybe a friend or a co-worker would be willing to help, if you have any you can ask. Just make sure to pick someone who reads books in their free time; most of us don't read for fun, and I've noticed that book-readers seem far more likely to have a real comprehension of this language. Someone who _really_ knows English can usually figure out how to spell words after only hearing them spoken, and how to pronounce words after only reading them. That's from paying attention, and having a genuine interest in learning. People with those attributes are usually also able pretty reliably tell which language English originally took various words from, by familiarity with the differences in pronunciation and spelling styles endemic to Germanic, Latin, French, and other languages.
If you can learn from someone like that, you could easily do voice-overs, narration, and perhaps even writing (composition) scripts, stories, articles, or the like. You're really close, but right now you still say dumb things that don't make sense, and it's something that can be seriously limiting you in whatever you do to make your money. There are countless different jobs that will be subtly unavailable to you, because your job interview shows the interviewer that you're going to cause problems. If they to hire you, they imagine, there would absolutely be situations of miscommunication and confusion. At best, working through those errors would merely burn through time and money, but depending on the situation, it could risk serious harm, or cause customers to choose a competitor, or... "Best to not risk it," they each think, before telling you there's some less personal, less hurtful-sounding reason for telling you that you didn't get the job.
If you know a language well, _really_ well, as much as anyone who speaks it, you open up many opportunities that you'd never even know you were losing out on. Like my uncle; he was in Spain a long time ago. He's a big, American, Black man. He got stopped by the Policía when he was driving, and instead of being the easy target for anything the cops felt like doing, because he can speak flawless Español, better than even those young Spanish police officers, he got to leave without even a citation - _after convincing the officers that he was a friend of their boss!_
So take a little time, and finish learning English. You're most of the way there. If you just check the meaning of any and every word, phrase, or idiom that you aren't 100% sure you know the meaning of, simply getting accustomed to just that one habit will get you most of the way to the finish line. You can do it, and it is something worth doing. And it will make your videos _far_ better than they already are.
The 188th was in Vietnam with there f100s in 1968 too❤
My Dad was a member of the the 188th❤
@@RalphBaca-h3s I was a member of the 188th too Eutimio t chavez great times sure do miss those day my friend TACo 29
The New Mexico air national guard was in Vietnam in 1968 with there f100s
My Dad was Also a member of the 188th NMAG from Albuquerque NM
North American did build another great supersonic airplane - the A-5 Vigilante for the US Navy
Itazuke - 1960 -62 + Misawa - 1964-66 Radio Repair - Century Series
I was at Itazuke 62-63, also Osan Korea.
Was this an equivalent of the Mig 21?
No, his opponent was Mig-19
MiG 17 < F-100 < MiG 19
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What? 😂
The F100 truly had great lines , one of those aircraft that looked great , unfortunately it had some serious problems as did many of the century generation, the 104s being the worst.
Non-pilots consider such problems to be bugs; pilot consider them to be features.
@@gort8203 Have you ever been strapped into one .
@@robertlyon8876 Sadly I entered pilot training too late to have a shot at the century series, or the B-58. But I can tell you that most of us joined knowing the job was to fly airplanes that required skill and cunning and were unforgiving of error. If you wanted an airplane that was all cuddly and would fetch your slippers you didn't belong there. I also know that many pilots who flew the F-100 or F-104 chose it over the F-4.
@@gort8203 Difference of opinion I guess .You didn't miss anything .Cheers
Known as the catfish by some
Looks much like f16 .
THIS SUPER SABRE NOTHING DIDN'T STAND A CHANCE AGAINST INDIAN GNATS DURING THE EARLIER INDIAN PAKISTAN WARS!!
Those were f86 sabres ,not F100 super sabres
KarachiBiryani the best. Indianapolis500 the best.
Poor narration. Bizzarre mispronunciations in some cases. ie Bienus= Ben Hoa.
It's faster than the MIG. 21? I'll have to google it..Nice jet in a way but for me to many problems.. To many accidents.. Not good at low speeds! No wonder why the 107 didn't make it into full production. Look at the stupid looking thing. Plus I wouldn't want to eject right in front of the air intake! Over 375,000 sorties! LOL..
EnDOWed. DOW. Like Bow. Wreaking (wreek-ing) devestation - not wrecking devistation.