WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — The second largest Air Force museum in the country hosted a dedication ceremony for the F-100D Super Sabre, the first USAF fighter to fly faster than the speed of sound in level ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. First flown in 1953, the F-100 Super ...
Building an operational supersonic jet engine was no less than a technological marvel. It served as a stepping stone to the skies but also ushered in a new generation of fighter aircraft. Prior to the ...
The story of the first unofficial MiG Kill achieved by an American fighter in the skies over Vietnam
Nevertheless according to Donald J. McCarthy, Jr. book, “MiG Killers A Chronology of U.S. Air Victories in Vietnam 1965-1973,” the outcome of the air battle during which Kilgus destroyed the MiG-17 ...
An event years in the making took place at the Museum of Aviation on Wednesday. In 2010, a weathered old F-100D Super Sabre arrived at the museum on the back of a flat bed truck. Wednesday morning, a ...
An F-100D—the same aircraft in the National Air and Space Museum collection—flies over the Mekong Delta, circa 1968. Lieutenant Fred Abrams was asleep when the battle began. At 3 a.m., January 31, ...
On October 14, 1947, an orange-painted Bell X-1 piloted by Chuck Yeager became the first aircraft to break the sound barrier in level flight. Though the rocket-powered X-1 was an experimental design, ...
When I was a kid, I frequently dressed in my dad’s Korean War-era U.S. Navy uniform and spent hours “at sea” aboard my “ship” – an upside-down, redwood picnic table. I played a lot of sailor in my ...
A time line of all the jets flown by the Thunderbirds. F-84G Thunderjet (1953-1954) Though it couldn’t exceed the speed of sound, the F-84G was deemed well-suited for aerobatic and demonstration ...
The six U.S. Air Force aircraft that make up what is known as the Century Series—the North American F-100 through the Convair F-106—were the hottest jets of the cold war. Products of the mid- to late ...
Description: Glendale is working to improve the northern half of Harry Bonsall Park, home to the city's F-100D Super Sabre Air Force jet display. More than a century ago, the area was home to a ...
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