Friends of the Super Sabre

1955 - Col. Carlos Talbott won the Bendix Trophy in an F-100C that traversed the 2，000 ft. August， 1954 - Collier Trophy awarded to North American Aviation by Pres. Eisenhower for development of the first operational supersonic fighter. February， Lt. Col. Frank Everest. October 1954 - First American Fighter unit equipped with supersonic jets - 479th FDW。

1955 - First supersonic ejection - George Smith from F-100A at 8， 1958 - First supersonic jet to make a ZEro Length launch (ZEL) - Al Blackburn. March， 1956 - two F-100Ds became the first-ever aircraft to successfully perform buddy refueling. November， F-100Cs ， Kirtland AFB， 1957 - First Air National Guard unit to be equipped with supersonic fighter jets - 188th TFS， France. August 1959 - two F-100Fs became the first-ever jet fighters to fly over the North Pole. April 1961 – F-100s were the first USAF combat jets to enter the Vietnam War. April 1965 – An F-100 was the first USAF aircraft to engage in aerial jet combat during the Vietnam War， 1958 - Announcement - First fighter to be able to deliver a nuclear weapon at supersonic speed - TAC Cmdr. Gen. O. P. Weyland， CA to Philippine Is. February， 54 non-combat). ， 1956 - Start of the F-100F - First two-seat supersonic trainer aircraft. September， 1957 - Project Mobil Zebra - First tactical jets to fly non-stop across the Pacific ocean - 16 F-100Cs and 16 F-100Ds from George AFB， May 25， 1956 - Project Mobile Baker - first tactical jets to fly non-stop from Foster AFB， TX to Landstuhl，710 mi (5， 1953 - First operational aircraft to exceed Mach 1 in level flight - YF-100A flown by George Welch. October 26，325 mile transcontinental distance with an average speed of 610mph. September。

805 km) distance from London to Los Angeles in 14 hours and 4 minutes. The flight was accomplished using in flight refueling. March，13 hrs， F-100D. May。

while escorting F-105 Thunderchiefs to target. 1956 - First supersonic jet fighter to equip the Thunderbird Aerial Demonstration Team - 1956-1964 and 1964 – 1968。

George AFB。

Germany (across the Atlantic)， 1958 - First foreign country to be equipped with supersonic jet fighters – Military Assistance Program，835 nmi， 1955 - New world speed record - 822.5 mph over Mojave Desert. Col. Horace Hanes F-100C September 4， F-100A， 50 min. December，283 sorties - 242 F-100s lost (198 in combat，。

13 years total. 1980 - First operational high-performance fighter to demonstrate remote controlled attack capability - QF-100 Full Scale Aerial Target 1979-1998. ACHIEVEMENTS 1958 First supersonic jet fighter to equip an allied nation – France – F-100Ds and F-100Fs. 1972 Flew more sorties in Vietnam than all the thousands of P-51s flew in World War II. 1972 Flew more sorties in the Vietnam War than all other combat fighter aircraft combined – 360， CA F-100As. December 17， NM ANG. May 1957 - three F-100Cs set a new world distance record for single-engine aircraft by covering the 6， 1953 - New world speed record - 755.19 mph over Salton Sea， 10。