Key point: This supersonic jet made history, but was terribly accident-prone. Here is how it evolved and what the Air Force learned from it. On October 14, 1947, an orange-painted Bell X-1 piloted by ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. First flown in 1953, the F-100 Super ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The Air Force finally bought into the design and introduced the F-100A model into service in October 1954. However, the Air Force’s first supersonic fighter was ...

A warplane and its gallant pilots were celebrated over the weekend. The new F-100 Super Sabre jet fighter exhibit at the Military Aviation Preservation Society Air Museum in Green is of both national ...

Initially designed as a supersonic fighter-bomber capable of nuclear delivery, the F-100 Super Sabre symbolized American aviation strength in the Cold War. By the mid-1960s, its shiny aluminum finish ...