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On 4 April 1965, as escorts protecting F-105s attacking the Thanh Hoa Bridge, F-100 Super Sabres fought the USAF's first air-to-air jet combat duel in the Vietnam War, in which an F-100 piloted by Captain Donald W. Kilgus of the 416th Fighter Squadron shot down a North Vietnamese Air Force [53] MiG-17, using cannon fire, while another fired AIM ...
This is a List of F-100 Units of the United States Air Force by wing, squadron, location, tailcode, features, variant, and service dates. During the 1960s, squadrons were transferred regularly to different wings and bases temporarily, and sometimes permanently.
North American F-100D-60-NA Super Sabres Serials 56-2927 (Front) and 56-2952 of the 309th TFS on the ramp at Tuy Hoa, April 1970. North American F-100D-25-NA Super Sabre Serial 55-3642 of the 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron. North American F-100D-90-NA Super Sabre Serial 56-3311 of the 306th Tactical Fighter Squadron.
531st Fighter-Bomber Squadron F-86F Sabre [d]. Reactivated in 1953 at George Air Force Base, California as a North American F-86 Sabre Fighter-Bomber Squadron. Spent about a year under Tactical Air Command training, deploying to France in 1954 as part of the NATO buildup of the United States Air Forces in Europe during the early years of the Cold War.
Phù Cát Air Base (Vietnamese: Căn cứ không quân Phù Cát) (1966–1975) was a United States Air Force (USAF) and Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) facility used during the Vietnam War (1959–1975). It is located north of the city of Qui Nhơn in southern Vietnam.
Squadron F-100D Super Sabre [e] The squadron was redesignated the 615th Fighter-Bomber Squadron and assigned to the 401st Fighter-Bomber Wing at England Air Force Base, Louisiana in September 1957 as the 401st Wing expanded from three to four squadrons of North American F-100 Super Sabres.
The following is a list of United States aerial victories of the Vietnam War. While U.S. sources claimed 195 North Vietnamese Vietnam People's Air Force aircraft were shot down in air to air combat, the North Vietnamese claim that only 134 aircraft were lost. [1]
Although initially assigned to the 14th Air Commando Wing the unit was operationally part of the 3d Tactical Fighter Wing while stationed in Vietnam. [7] [8] At Bien Hoa, the squadron was nicknamed the "Mattel Marauders" by the pilots of the 3d wing's larger North American F-100 Super Sabre pilots. [6]