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Old 04-27-2020, 05:20 PM
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F-100 Super Sabre in Vietnam war

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 successfull. The north vietnam was left for the f-105 thud to deal with. As the war esclated more and more F-100 squadrons were called froom the states some from the ANG inventory.
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 ).
Therfore many f-100 had fatal accidents.
In the Danish airforce it was prone to more accidents tnan the f-104.
The pinacle of the F-100 service was with the aerobatic team of the Thunderbirds between 1957- 1969 !!!

Yair
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