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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 Fighter Weapons School 1955-1960, he described and mathematically quantified fighter tactics, developing the Energy-Maneuverability Theory. He later developed the Observe-Orientate-Decide-Action […]

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 used to call a ‘group grope’,” Capt Lloyd Houchin, former F-100 pilot. While the F-105 Thunderchief and F-4 Phantom II flew the majority of

“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 were being crowded by urban sprawl, victor airways, airport control zones, and a host of other factors that were making