The F-100 Super Sabre Legacy Begins
This story starts at takeoff at DaNang AB, South Vietnam on a bombing mission in North Vietnam about 7 miles North of the DMZ and ends at arrival at the infamous prison named by Vietnam POWs “THE HANOI HILTON” and a little more.
MARCH 2-10,1965
When people ask about being a POW, they want to know what the Hanoi Hilton was like. What happened in the Hilton was the same for all of us. But what happened before we got to the Hilton or some other site was quite different. Some pilots were shot down around Hanoi and immediately became POWs. Others marched long distances before they got to a camp. Some never made it to a camp those stories we will never hear; but most POWs have a unique story to tell about their shootdown and how they got to a POW camp.
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A son sends a treasure trove of F-100 history
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 5...
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On This Day In Air Force History July 30, 1971
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 were d...
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2021 SSS Reunion Survey Results
With direction from the previous survey of the important factors in choosing a Reunion location, we requested members to recommend a place for the 2021 Reunion. The results are as follows: 341 members voted. Here are th...
24 July, 2019 No comment 1 Like -
Medical Update from SSS Charter Member Buchkowski
This is a medical update from SSS Charter member George Buchowski who flew F-100’s with the 48TFW/493TFS, 309TFS and Misty’s followed by 30 years with Delta Airlines. I want to give an update on the results o...
12 July, 2019 No comment 1 Like -
Issue 40 of The Intake Coming Soon!
The Summer 2019 edition (Issue 40) of our journal went to our printer on 2 JUL and was delivered to our mailing contractor on 8 JUL. It is now winding its way through the process of getting your copy to you … wherever y...
10 July, 2019 No comment 1 Like -
Happy Independence Day
Another 4th of July is here and many of us remember that Independence is what we fought for, sometimes in the most difficult of circumstances and with great sacrifice. I just spent two wonderful days in Yellowstone Natio...
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San Antonio Reunion Gallery
The 2019 Super Sabre Society reunion was held on 15 thru 19 May in San Antonio Texas. Home base was the Menger hotel which is a beautiful historic hotel in the Alamo Plaza area. This report is not a compilation of remark...
22 May, 2019 No comment 0 Likes -
We found a missing Barstooler
SSS member and former POW Jon Reynolds asked us to find “Al Voegelin”. Jon wanted to reach out to Al because he reached out to his parents during his 6 years as a POW. Al V’s name was easily misspelled ...
06 April, 2019 No comment 2 Likes
Headed West
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David (D.O.) Williams (BGen USAF, Ret.) Headed West August 18, 2019
SSS Member David O. Williams (BGen, USAF Ret.) Headed West August 18, 2019. D.O. was a veteran of WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. He flew P-40, P-47, F-84, F-101, F-10o, F-4, and F-15. He served in the Organization of the Joi...
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David Burke Headed West
PRELIMINARY …. Report from Dewey Clawson: SSS member David Burke was stepping out of his RV 8/9/19 and fell and hit his head. Headed West same day at Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs. Dave Flew F-100s with th...
09 August, 2019 No comment 0 Likes -
William L. (Les) Broomall Headed West
SSS Member William L. (Les) Broomall, Col., USAF (Ret.) Headed West July 31, 2019, on his 87th birthday. Memorial services are planned for August 10th at 2 p.m. at the Northwest Hills United Methodist Church, Austin, Tex...
31 July, 2019 No comment 0 Likes -
Col. Louis A. Silvestri, Jr. “Headed West” July 21, 2019
Col. Louis Anthony Silvestri, Jr., USAF (Ret.) “Headed West” July 21, 2019 Montgomery – Col. Louis Anthony Silvestri, Jr., USAF (Ret.) age 80, passed away Sunday, July 21, 2019. He was born July 25, 193...
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Arthur T. Ballard, Jr., Former POW Headed West
Super Sabre Society member Air Force Lt. Col. A. T. Ballard, Jr., 87, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, May 23, 2019. Lt. Col. Ballard was the second son of nine children born to Arthur T. Ballard, Sr. and Carrie DeStaf...
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Col. John R “Jack” Gilchrist, USAF, (Ret) Headed West July 7, 2019
Col. John “Jack” Gilchrist “Headed West” July 7, 2019 SSS Member Jack Gilchrist passed away suddenly on July 7, 2019. He had been admitted to the hospital two weeks earlier for kidney stones. Unfo...
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“Misty 101” James A. Nugent “Headed West” May 26, 2019
“Misty 101” James A. Nugent “Headed West” May 26, 2019 Col. James (Jim) Andra Nugent (USAF, Ret.), died May 26 at the VA Hospice in Lexington, KY. Jim graduated from Tioga High School in 1958 and went on to a distinguish...
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Colonel Douglas R. Young (USAF, Ret.) “Headed West” May 21, 2019
Colonel Douglas R Young of Henderson, NV (USAF, Ret.) “Headed West”, May 21, 2019. Doug was born on January 29, 1938, to Burton H and Marjorie D (Reiniger) Young of Rathdrum, Idaho. He graduated from Washing...
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Dean Abbott Headed West May 7, 2019
Dean Abbott, 91, headed west on May 7, 2019, just a day before the 74th anniversary of his enlisting to fly in WWII. That war ended before he could get in the action. But he later found combat in the skies of Korea (F-8...
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SSS Member Lloyd R Laycook, 88 Headed West
SSS member Lloyd Richard Laycook, COL, USAF (Ret) 88, headed west on May 30, 2019, at Dixie Regional Hospital in Saint George, Utah, from complications of a fall. He was born on July 9, 1930, in Bakersfield, California, ...
30 May, 2019 No comment 0 Likes