19 November 1967 – Capt Duncan Padgett Smyly was serving with the 512TFS “Buzzards” out of Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam. On that date, he was flying F-100D 563040 when”Enemy retaliation against the ‘Buzzards’ caused a loss of one aircraft and its pilot, Captain Duncan P. Smyly. On November 11, 1967, Major Duncan P. Smyly and
The JF-100C was originally constructed as F-100C-1A on 19 October 1954. On 24 October 1954 the aircraft now with serial number 53-1709 was taken on conditionally by the USAF since all F-100s at the time
“31 October 1964: Captain Theodore Cordy Freeman, United States Air Force, was a member of the NASA Astronaut Corps. He was one of fourteen pilots who had been selected for the third group of candidates
“William Harvey Dana was born 3 November 1930 at Pasadena, California, the first of two children of Harvey Drexler Dana, a geologist, and Rose Frances Jourdan Dana. (Sister, Antoinette). Dana grew up in Bakersfield, California.
Lt Col Raymond Frederick Jauregui’s daughter Carole wrote “My Father Lt Col Raymond Frederick Jauregui passed away last night August 16 at 11pm! Please tell all the guys…I don’t know them all. – Carole” Ray
Here’s a fun video, the narration is pure 1950s.
The following article on af.mil by Stephen Delgado, 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs, was published Published May 28, 2022. Below is a story published by Luke Air Force Base in 2013 highlighting the inspirational life
Published May 31, 2022 By Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot 185th Air Refueling Wing SIOUX CITY, IA — When the U.S. Air Force F-100 Super Sabre that was on static display in Sioux
The RAF museum archives tell us the story of the phrase “Beware of the Hun in the Sun!” The archive story describes the origin of the phrase. “One of the most famous phrases in aviation
On September 14, 2022, the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration squadron flew a unique formation over Arlington National Cemetery to honor the burial of twin brothers Lt. Gen. Charles “Buck” and Maj. Gen. Cuthbert “Bill”
You may not know about the places at Nellis AFB, NV that are named for F-100 pilots. Here they are… Boyd Hall is named for Colonel John R. Boyd. While an F-100 gunnery instructor with the
Story by Dario Leone, aviationgeeks.com Jan 20, 2020. This story contains links to available purchase. Proceeds DO NOT go to the Super Sabre Society. “The first F-100 combat mission was a disaster — what we
“Herding cattle with a century-series fighter” by Capt. Roland Schultz – With permission from Air Facts Journal In the mid-70s, the USAF was looking for new airspace to conduct low level/high speed training. Existing routes
This story is excerpted from Thisdayinaviation.com… “26 February 1955: Although it was his day off, North American Aviation production test pilot George Franklin Smith stopped by the office at Los Angeles Airport (today, known as
While searching for photos of SSS Members, I found a name I didn’t recognize and a photo of a pilot in front of an F-100. Richard French, (LtCol USAF, Ret) had a host of news
Major General LeRoy W. (Swede) Svendsen, Jr. died on the 14th day of February at the age of 93. He has been nominated as an Honorary Member of the Super Sabre Society for his storied
ROMANCING THE ‘HUN’ – A LEGENDARY AIRCRAFT FROM WHICH HEROES WERE MADE By Julie Summers Walker, published January 1, 2022. Reprinted in part with permission by Mike Fizer. Additional photos added for interest. “It is
From the site migflug.com we get a great video of some of the craziest air and land machines built by the Soviets. As the author on the site says, “At times one could think some
“John Richard Boyd was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Air Force following completion of the ROTC program at the University of Iowa. On March 27, 1953, Boyd arrived in Korea as an F-86
In the June 9, 1958 edition of TIME Magazine, there was an article titled “How To Go Weightless”. “The magazine’s Medicine Editor Gilbert Cant “went weightless in one of the Air Force’s fast jet fighters
An article by Bryan R. Swopes tells a fantastic story about Scott Crossfield and the first F-100 NACA flight. Here it is as told on Bryan’s website This Day In Aviation.com. 8 September 1954: Scott
This wide-ranging USAF video covers the rapid expansion of the US Air Force’s role in the Vietnam War in the mid-1960s. Bases are set up at Cam Ran Bay, Phan Rang, Bien Hoa, and other
