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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 City, Iowa was removed from its prominent position last fall the timing for a much needed makeover

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 history, and a lesson which is as valid for today’s military pilots as it was

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” Pattillo and their wives. Typically, one F-16 pulls out of the six-aircraft pattern to create

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.

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

“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

Want to buy the book? Found this online… Published by United Technologies Corporation, Pratt & Whitney/General Dynamics, Fort Worth Division, West Palm Beach, Florida/Fort Worth, Texas, 1982. This copy was listed for $40 on the Chamblin Bookmine site. Found another copy listed on ABEbooks.com for $135. Don’t delay, the first

Memorial services for BGen Jon A. Reynolds will be held with full military honors on September 8, 2022, at 11:00 am in Arlington Cemetery. All SSS members and friends of Jon are invited. The arrangements are as follows: 10:30 am, line up at the Administration Building, Arlington Cemetery, VA. 11:00

Shep sent the link to this beautiful tribute to Bob Hoover. “Robert Anderson Hoover (January 24, 1922 – October 25, 2016) was an American fighter pilot, test pilot, flight instructor, and record-setting air show aviator.” “During the 1950s, Hoover visited many active-duty, reserve, and Air National Guard units to demonstrate

George Dubick’s artwork is always engaging, beautifully crafted, and great fun to see. Here’s a recent pen and ink and some bonus illustrations. Click on the illustrations to enlarge them. Caption from George… “Formation flying in these very sophisticated T6A Texan II “Trainers” has got to be a blast! A

The memorial services for General Charles “Chuck” Boyd took place on 14 July at Arlington National Cemetery. Distinguished members of the USAF and USN attended and spoke about Chuck’s illustrious career. Speakers included: Rear Admiral Bob Shumaker, Admiral Mike Mullins, Emilee Reynolds, Chuck’s son Dallas Boyd, General Ron Fogleman (a

D.B. Cooper, Comic Strip aviator Dan Cooper and the F-100. All of us know the story of D.B. Cooper, the man who jumped into the night with $200k after hijacking Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, a Boeing 727 aircraft on November 24, 1971. Cooper claimed he had a bomb in his briefcase

July 10, 2022 – LtCol Robert “Hoppy” Hopkins wrote to tell us of a new exhibit at the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum in DC. “This just in from the Smithsonian. If you click on the link “read more” under the heading “Speed and the Cold War” with the F-14

Maya Standerfer sent us a notice about the ceremony at Atlantic City for husband Ron.  She writes “My husband received many honors for his service. A plaque and a F-100 airplane which now bears his name were dedicated to him and will stay at the New Jersey Air Force base

Ode To A Wingman by JD Wetterling ODE TO A WINGMAN We both were gung-ho, two young fighter jocks. Our blight was psychotic—a love affair. Belov’d was inert, ferocious and fast. She looked mach one as she sat in the chocks. The Super Sabre, but we called her “hun.” A

This Memorial Day take time to remember the F-100 MIA/KIA Pilots we that lost. There is a wonderful video of the F-100 pilots who were MIA/KIA, with the names, dates, and photos set to music. You can view it at the bottom of the following list of names. HERE IS

In memoriam: ‘Nickel on the grass’ to Lt. General Charles ‘Chick’ Cleveland. This article (excerpted) and photos by Col. Al Allenback appeared in the Montgomery Advertiser on May 27, 2021, following the death of Chick Cleveland.“General Cleveland was the last living Korean War Ace, a man who made history and

The following article by Richard J. Newman appeared in Air Force Magazine The Misty FACs Return on Oct. 1, 2000 It was one of the most maddening targets of the war. Deep in the mountainous jungle of North Vietnam, about 40 miles north of the Demilitarized Zone, a small, slow-moving

Visit to Lake Mead Two buses met us at Tropicana for a trip to Lake Mead. It was a pleasant ride with everyone telling stories to one another. When the paved road ended near the lake we started down hill on a dirt road toward the marina. It was obvious

The Misty Experiment Shep writes to tell us that as of May 2nd, The Misty Experiment, The Secret Battle for the Ho Chi Minh Trail is now on PBS. Many PBS stations are showing the movie on Memorial Day. PBS  does not control local stations nationally so each local station

From Leo – Wednesday morning, we gathered to board two buses that were to take us to the Weapons School at Nellis AFB. Getting the bus through the gate at Nellis is very difficult when some passengers and the driver do not have Military IDs. If it were not for

Shep Reviews the Reaper. The trip to Creech (arranged by CT Wang) to view drone (whoops “RPA”) operations was extremely interesting. The briefings were UNCLASS and several spouses attended. We rapidly concluded that MQ-9 Reapers with GPS, cameras, sensors, buddy-laser and radar, armed with up to four PGM 500lb bombs

The first story about The Cuban Missile Crisis comes from Allen Krowe. An event in 1962 regarding the Cuban missile crisis may be of interest to the SSS group. Five Russian-made missiles, capable of reaching USA coastal cities as far North as NYC, were awaiting nuclear warheads, and on their

An article from Aerospace News: Aviation International News (ainonline.com) reports: Mojave Airport Honors Rutan Name “In honor of the contributions to aerospace by Burt and Dick Rutan, the directors of California’s Mojave Air and Space Port (KMHV) have agreed to rename the facility Mojave Air and Space Port at Rutan

A service will be held in Serge’s memory on February 19, 2022, at 2:00 pm at St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 3021 Edinburgh Drive, Virginia Beach, and directly following, a reception at the church. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Meals on Wheels America. (1) Col. Demchuks’s official obit

You’ll likely see some familiar faces in Cade Martin’s photo essay “Over War”.  The amazing portraits and quotes feature some of our SSS members such as Moose Skowron, Bob Gadd, Bill Hosmer, Ben Bowthorpe, Chuck Boyd, Mack Angel, and others. The photo gallery is a pictorial of F-105 pilots from

If you have some time, (45 minutes) there’s a great YouTube video of F-100’s set to music. The quality of the video isn’t great, but it’s amusing to discover which classical musical masterpieces the author chose for each flight. Many of the video clips are of the Thunderbirds, but keep

Dick Rutan reminded us that “35 years ago today, December 23, the Voyager completed the first non-stop, non-refuel flight round the world 9 days 3 minutes 44 seconds. Distance 26,358 SM. Flown by a sh*t hot Hun Jock. Wikipedia’s entry on the Dick Rutan page says…. From December 14 to

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Listen Up! Stories of Pearl Harbor, Vietnam, the Pentagon, CNN and Beyond by Major General Perry Smith Leo’s Review Listen Up, is a memoir written by Major General Perry Smith, a member of the Super Sabre Society. He is a West Point Graduate in the class of 1956 and has

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Shep’s friend Brad Boesel, a member of the Tucson Soaring Club shares a video of taking his grandson on his first flight… I recently took my grandson Isaac for his first glider flight the day before he turned 11 years old.  One of the happiest days of my life.  My