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
On July 31, 1965 “Wats” was serving with the 481TFS/27TFW out of Tan Son Nhut AB in Vietnam and was sent on a bomb run in F-100 #552837. Lt Watson’s F- 100 crashed as he was dropping napalm on a VC headquarters. Charles Summers was the flight leader on the mission when Lt. Don Watson […]
30 July 1935: Lieutenant Frank Peak Akers, United States Navy, took off from the Naval Air Station San Diego, California, flying a specially-equipped Berliner-Joyce OJ-2 biplane. With his cockpit covered by a hood to prevent his seeing outside, he flew completely by reference to electronic devices onboard the airplane. The purpose of Lieutenant Akers’ flight
William Ray Gower was born on November 19, 1934, in Marshfield, MO. He was serving with the 615TFS/366TFW out of Phan Rang AB, Vietnam. On 29 July 1966, W.R. was flying F-100D #562956 as Panther 3 on a mission over Dinh Tuong Province. “Capt. Gower, who was on his third combat mission in Viet Nam,
Today in History – July 29, 1966 – Capt W.R. Gower flying F-100D #562956 is Read More »