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The F-100 Super Sabre, known as the 'Hun,' marked America's foray into supersonic jet fighters in the 1950s. Originating from the North American firm's initiative, it evolved from the F-86 Sabre, featuring more swept wings and a unique nose-intake.
The F-100 Super Sabre pioneered revolutionary new technologies and tactics.
On its own initiative, a North American firm took a crack at evolving the F-86 Sabre, the top U.S. fighter of the Korean War, into a supersonic design.
America’s Supersonic F-110 Super Sabre Was One Amazing Fighter The first of the ‘Century Series’ of advanced 50’s-era fighters, the F-100 was nicknamed the ‘Hun’ as an abbreviation for 100. Here's What You Need to Remember: America’s first supersonic jet did not excel as a fighter and had beastly accident rate—but it still pioneered revolutionary new technologies and tactics, and ended up doing much of the grunt work supporting hard-pressed ground forces in the Vietnam War. On October 14, 1947, an orange-painted Bell X-1 piloted by Chuck Yeager became the first aircraft to b...
The first of the ‘Century Series’ of advanced 50’s-era fighters, the F-100 was nicknamed the ‘Hun’ as an abbreviation for 100.