William D. Canup was born on May 23, 1941, and hailed from Indianapolis, IN. After high school, he studied Engineering at the University of Evansville. …
William D. Canup was born on May 23, 1941, and hailed from Indianapolis, IN. After high school, he studied Engineering at the University of Evansville. …
Major Robert F. Ronca – F-100 KIA Vietnam 1965 Robert F. Ronca was born on October 21, 1923, in Norristown, Pennsylvania, and had an exemplary career in the USAF. He served in combat and non-combat
VIETNAM – NORTH TO HANOI 2 March 1965 Four F-100s of the 613th TFS took off from DaNang Air Base, South Vietnam and headed North to rendezvous with an F-101 Pathfinder. F-100s were being used as
The F-100 Super Sabre Legacy Begins The first test pilot of the F-100 Super Sabre was George Welch. Born George Lewis Schwartz in May of 1918, his parents changed his name for fear of anti-German-sentiment.
1st Annual Golf Tournament for former SSS Charter Member Bobby W. “McDuck” McClinton. Bobby ‘Headed West’ during the summer of 2018. He battled cancer for nearly a decade before his body was broken from the
The Super Sabre Society received the following information from Bill Fowler, son of F-100 Pilot Mel Fowler. My father, Lt Col Mel Fowler commanded several F-100 squadrons in Europe and Vietnam. His last command was
The last F-100 left Vietnam for the U.S. Its departure ended the F-100’s combat employment which began in 1964 and produced 360,283 combat sorties with 243 aircraft losses. On 16 April 1961, six Super Sabres
