As of 31 December 2024 the Super Sabre Society will be no more. We had a good run and the stories of our F-100 pilots will live on. Many thanks to Jack Paddock of Heart and Soul Web Design (https://heartandsoulwebdesign.com/) for the design and management of our site. After 31 December, the site will be
JD Wetterling sent this amazing poem in honor of his friend Major Vince Willett, Jr. who was shot down on April 17, 1969. ODE TO A WINGMAN: A Post-Midnight Passage to Glory (Robert “Vince” Willett, Jr., August 5, 1944 –April 17, 1969) We both were gung-ho, two young fighter jocks. Our blight was psychotic—a love […]
16 April 1949 – “The Lockheed F-94 Starfire was a first-generation jet aircraft of the United States Air Force. It was developed from the twin-seat Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star in the late 1940s as an all-weather, day/night interceptor. The aircraft reached operational service in May 1950 with Air Defense Command, replacing the piston-engined North American
Today in History – April 16, 1949 – 1st flight of the Lockheed F-94 Starfighter Read More »
15 April 1959 – Captain George Allie Edwards, Jr., United States Air Force, assigned to the 432nd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, set a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Record for Speed Over a Closed Circuit of 500 Kilometers (310.686 miles) Without Payload at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Captain Edwards