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The F-107 was never given an official name, but was sometimes informally called the "Super Super Sabre" [10] referring to North American's earlier fighter design, the F-100 Super Sabre. [11] The designation "F-107A" was the only one assigned to the aircraft, [ 11 ] [ 12 ] though "YF-107A" is often used in publications.
Despite the extra money and time spent on the Rapier, it was not wholly in vain; the North American A-5 Vigilante supersonic carrier-based nuclear strike bomber developed for the U.S. Navy, which was later modified into a carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft, retained the fuselage/weapon package and systems design of the Rapier. In many ways ...
The term "Century Series" does not include less successful models between the F-100 and F-109 that did not go past design or prototype stage: the Republic XF-103 and North American XF-108 Rapier interceptor concepts, the North American F-107 tactical fighter prototype (cancelled in favor of the F-105), and designation "F-109" which was ...
F. North American F-1 Fury; North American F-82 Twin Mustang; North American F-86 Sabre; North American F-86D Sabre; North American YF-93; North American F-100 Super Sabre; List of F-100 units of the United States Air Force; North American F-107; North American XF-108 Rapier; North American FJ-1 Fury; North American FJ-2/-3 Fury; North American ...
F-100D Super Sabre, ser. no. 56-3417, High Wire Modification F-100D-86-NH, restored and on display at Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum, Denver, Colorado Project High Wire was a United States Air Force (USAF) modernization programme for selected North American Aviation F-100C, D and F Super Sabres that were still in active inventory.
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North American Aviation (NAA) was a major American aerospace manufacturer that designed and built several notable aircraft and spacecraft. Its products included the T-6 Texan trainer, the P-51 Mustang fighter, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the F-86 Sabre jet fighter, the X-15 rocket plane, the XB-70 bomber, the B-1 Lancer, the Apollo command and service module, the second stage of the Saturn V ...
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