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 ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: In April 1961, F-100Ds in the Philippines were transferred to Thailand—the first U.S. military jets deployed to South East Asia. They did not see combat until 1964 ...

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 ...

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FIGHTERJETS INC partners with the Collings Foundation and Vietnam War Flight Museum for the 2026 airshow season, showcasing ...

An old F-100 jet fighter has been saved from the graveyard for old military aircraft and will soon be on display at the Air National Guard Headquarters in Maryland. The preservation was a homecoming ...

The F-22 and F-15 can travel at speeds up to and beyond Mach 2.25 and the F-35 can hit speeds of Mach 1.6, yet the first supersonic fighter aircraft emerged as far back as the 1950s with the North ...

In mid-July 1965, Jefferson City native Don D. Pittman arrived at Bien Hoa Air Base, Vietnam, where the recently promoted lieutenant colonel served as operations officer for the 429th Tactical Fighter ...

The six U.S. Air Force aircraft that make up what is known as the Century Series—the North American F-100 through the Convair F-106—were the hottest jets of the cold war. Products of the mid- to late ...

When I was a kid, I frequently dressed in my dad’s Korean War-era U.S. Navy uniform and spent hours “at sea” aboard my “ship” – an upside-down, redwood picnic table. I played a lot of sailor in my ...