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Contact Info
Home Town Mount Sterling
Date of Passing Jan 01, 2001
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
Co owner in the two Dairy Queen's in Alamogordo NM.
Eventually sold both of them about 1997 and became the gentleman pecan rancher
Other Comments:
Got his records from NARA - took about 60 days. So his profile is complete up to his last tour - nothing in his records about 49th Fighter Wing.
1969-1971, F-100 Super Sabre
From Year 1969
To Year 1971
Personal Memories
Not Specified
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F-100 Super Sabre Details
Aircraft/Missile Information
Model North American F-100D Super Sabre Length 49.51 ft | 15.09 m Width 38.75 ft | 11.81 m Height 16.24 ft | 4.95 m Engine(s) 1 x Pratt & Whitney J 57-P21 turbojet with afterburning generating 17,000lbs of thrust. Empty Weight 20,999 lbs | 9,525 kg MTOW 34,833 lbs | 15,800 kg Max Speed 864 mph | 1,390 km/h | 751 kts Max Range 1,995 miles | 3,210 km Ceiling 45,000 ft | 13,716 m | 8.5 miles Climb Rate 16,000 ft/min (4,877 m/min) Hardpoints 6 Armament 4 x 20mm cannons
External hardpoints for an additional 7,500lbs of ordnance including: Dumb Bombs, Drop Tanks and Rocket Pods. Accommodations 1
Major Variants * F-100A - Initial Production Model * F-100B - Proposed Mach 2 / nuclear-capable fighter-bomber; would go on to become the YF-107 prototype series. * F-100C - Fighter-Bomber Variant with improvements; inflight refueling capability; more powerful engine. * F-100D - Fighter-Bomber Variant with improvements; fitted with ECm equipment and low-altitude bombing system.
