North American Airlines F100 Super Sabre Jet Fighter , served in the U.S. Air Force from 1954 to 1971. It is the first fighter of the hundred series, the first practical supersonic fighter and the first fighter made widely using titanium alloy.
F100 was originally designed as a high-performance supersonic fighter that replaced F86. In the Vietnam War, its technology was outdated. Its anti-radiation strike mission was replaced by the Mach 2 F105 Thunderbolt fighter, and was widely assigned by South Vietnam to take on ground attack missions until it was replaced by the more competent A7 Pirate II subsonic attack aircraft.
F100
The F100
The artillery battle broke out in August 1958. In order to consolidate the will of the United States to defend Taiwan Province, the US Air Force flew and sent 6 F100F trainers from the United States to the water airport of Chiayi County, Taiwan Province in September 1958 and handed over the direct thermal aircraft to the Fourth Regiment of the Taiwan Province Air Force in China for dressing. This is the first 100 series of fighter jets adopted in the history of the Taiwan Province Air Force.
Battle Team Captain Zhou Shilin led the 4th Squadron Liu Xu, Chen Huai, He Jianyi, Zeng Xianghua, Li Zhengwu and Fu Zhenhua to the water base in Chiayi County, Taiwan Province, China for the dressing training of the 4th Squadron F100.
After the war came to an end, the US military handed over 15 single-seat F100A fighter jets that had been sealed at that time in 1959. Later, the Taiwan Provincial Air Force of China obtained 4 F100Fs, numbered from 0011 to 0014. What is more special is that when these four F100Fs were handed over, the fuselage was painted in Southeast Asian camouflage, but the camouflage was painted in Taiwan Air Force of China for not long and rarely exposed in the media. Later, in order to seek uniformity of painting and simplify supply operations, the Taiwan Provincial Air Force of China changed all the four F-100Fs to commonly used silver paints.
1960 handed over 65 F100A fighter jets from the Taiwan Provincial Air Force in China
1961 received 4 RF100A reconnaissance aircraft and 38 F100A fighter jets from the Taiwan Provincial Air Force in 1970 In 1970, the US Department of Defense announced that it would give 34 F100 saber fighter bombers to the Taiwan Provincial Air Force in China.
F-100 was the first jet fighter that could fly supersonic speeds at that time. The Taiwan Air Force of China received a total of 14 dual-seat F100Fs, 118 single-seat F100As and 4 RF100A reconnaissance aircraft. Most of the F100As were improved into the vertical tail of the F100D, and were equipped with AN/APS54 radar warning, which had the ability to launch the Strokesnake missile . This batch of fighter jets had been in service for 27 years and was officially decommissioned on September 5, 1984, ending the service history of the Super Sabre aircraft in the Air Force of Taiwan Province, China.
1987, the Taiwan Provincial Military presented a F100 to the National Taiwan Provincial University for preservation and display. After 24 years, the Taiwan Provincial University returned the fighter jet to the National Taiwan Provincial Military Service for repair and renovation. After renovation of the National Taiwan Provincial Military Reserve Command, it was statically displayed in the National Taiwan Provincial Chenggong Lingying District, Taichung City, , Taichung City, from April 30, 2012.
F-100F Data
Engine: A Prat Whitney J57-P-21/21A turbojet engine, maximum thrust 4,626.91 kg, after-force thrust 7,257.90 kg
Wingspan 11.82 meters
Total length: 15.24 meters
Full height: 4.95 meters
Wing area: 37.22 square meters
Maximum speed: 1,222.84 km/h (sea level, no plug-in), 1,370.87 km/h (10,668 meters, no plug-in)
Initial Climbing rate : 7,254.24 meters/min
Practical ceiling: 13,685.52 meters
Combat ceiling: 15,544.80 meters
Normal range: 576.02 kilometers
Maximum range: 2,082.05 kilometers
Total internal fuel capacity: 4,897.79 liters
Empty weight: 9,848.97 kg
Normal takeoff weight: 14,249.53 kg
Maximum takeoff weight: 17,746.47 kg
Weapons: 2 doors 20 mm Pontiac M-39 cannon, 6 hangers under the wings, can be mounted in total 2,268.09 kg load
empty weight: 9,530 kg
Total normal take-off weight: 13,500 kg (maximum 15,800 kg)
Maximum speed: (10,670 meters height) 1,380 km/h
Practical ceiling: 14,520 meters
Maximum climb rate: 71 meters/second
Combat radius; 500~700 kilometers
Range: (with two secondary fuel tanks) 2,100 kilometers.
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