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First we need to understand that while some 2200 SUPER Sabre's were built from all types the Super Mystere was built in a much smaller scale -180 for the french and IAF.
The french firm Dassault was able to take the Americans f-84 f-86 and f-100 and to create a very competitive french design that in some cases were even better than the american original.
The F-100 first flew in 1953 while the Super Mystere in 1955.
The F-100 had 4 models A , C, D and two seater F.
The Super Mystere had only the B2 while the B4 which had better speed and rate of climb never reached production ( mach 1.4 and 25000 feet per min initial climb).
The main combat of the F-100 was in south Vietnam were he served as an flying artillery with napalm bombs , conventional bombs and 2.75 inch rockets beside the 4×20 mm guns.
In this role it was quite successful. The north Vietnam was left for the f-105 thud to deal with.
In the air to air only a one kill of Mig 17 is credited to the f-100. The f-105 had 27 Mig 17 kills
for instance.
Also , the f-100 landings were at high speed and dangerous ( in you tube there is a video that shows the "snake dance" problem during landings ).
Therefore many f-100 had fatal accidents.
The Super Mystere of the IAF service is full with combat activity.
At the first years until the arrival of the mirages it served as an interceptor.
Later it served as a fighter bomber and toward the end of the service was upgraded to
the SA'AR version and proved very successful in YOM KIPPER war in 1973 .
In air to air battles the Super Mystere killd 3 mig 17 , two IL 14 transports planes and the greatest achievement of downing two Syrian Mig 21.
Also, the SA'AR version was sold to Honduras where it was very popular by it's pilots.
It is important to remark that both served in the French air force but I didn't have enough
information about this combined service .
Yair
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