F-100 Super Sabre - How America Took The Rumble To The Jungle - (Full Story)

[@AviationRepublic]

Got to love the Super Sabre, I know I do, something very "Americana" about all the century series machines and even more so the amazing, crazy, hair raising stories that come out of the Misty and Wild Weasel missions. I hope you all enjoy the video as much as I did in making it, I packed in loads (I think about 50 or 60) great photos of the F-100 and great modern footage of two F-100 still flight capable. Once again, a massive thank you to everyone who allowed me to use their F-100 photos and videos in this project. The links to "Jet Jerod" and " AirshowStuffVideos" Channels in the videos. Also, while you are here, please take a moment to drop a sub, comment, a like, Uncle Joe here needs the dopamine (I have been told to ask for these things, Apparently this is how the Youtoob is done, I'm skeptical, but what do i know.........)

[@jeffallen3382]

At 25:44 you say the crash was "before the advent of ejector seats" but then at 26:56 the very same pilot and his fatal crash, you say the pilot "he was still attached to his ejector seat". So what is it?

[@AviationRepublic]

"This was all before the advent of ejector seats, which could catapult the pilot to safety from zero feet at zero speed." I was referring to zero/zero ejection seats, I ought to have just said that. apologies for any confusion. :-) Joe

[@Reggie-b3e]

@@AviationRepublic The footage of the silver F-100 with the red tail flash taxing to a stop is awesome! Keep em comin Joe. Got ❤️ 4 them fighter jets! 🫡

[@Chiller11]

Great information. As an 11 bravo ground pounder in Vietnam’68-69 I witnessed these aircraft providing air support. I was always glad I wasn’t on the receiving end of their guns, bombs and especially the napalm. God that stuff looked frightening.

[@dane0phelps]

Shake and bake was what we called a specific type of air to ground attack while I was in. If you told your air support to shake and bake an enemy location they’d hit the spot with HE rockets followed with Willy Pete (white phosphorus) rockets. The smell and sight of the aftermath was unforgettable.

[@AviationRepublic]

I can imagine you have some quite interesting stories of your time in the service. :-) Joe

[@dane0phelps]

@@AviationRepublic 5 combat tours totaling 56 months over my 12 years in before being medically retired. I’ve got stories for years. If you ever do an M-ATV build, give me a holler. I’ll give you some ideas and reference photos of the one I used on my 5th tour. Battle damaged and everything.

[@dane0phelps]

And thank you for your support

[@AviationRepublic]

Thank you, I have been toying with setting up another channel to cover military vehicles, I may have to give it some thought.

[@n8spL8]

one of my first model airplanes. The simple, majestic lines were a good match for a 6yr old. Thanks, Grandfather.

[@AviationRepublic]

Grandparents are the best. She most definitely has superb lines. :-) Joe

[@joeg5414]

now that's funny - I was going to comment the same thing about the F100 being my first model airplane I ever made

[@acb9896]

Maaaannnn, those are most badass looking jets! Way cooler looking in silver and orange. The 105 is the ultimate.

[@AviationRepublic]

Yes, the Century series were super cool aircraft, big engine, wrapped in metal and fitted with a seat. Nice and simple

[@dr.wianmeintjes9028]

This is a new take on F 100. I have seen many. Well done. Thx

[@AviationRepublic]

Thank you, I have two more U.S Cold war jets in the works. Out soon :-) Joe

[@alessandrapirelli7040]

The U.S. Air Force has always had such gorgeous jet fighters! Even before jets, the P-38, P-51, or my fave, the P-47, "Hun Hunter"!

[@AviationRepublic]

Without a doubt, Italians make beautiful cars, the Americans make beautiful aircraft. :-) Joe

[@Curious-Minds]

Another banger of a video. I loved the stories of the pilots, I am always fascinated by the misty and wild weasel missions. Good work. ❤

[@AviationRepublic]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@krishorst4734]

Yeah I've heard that "controlled crash" statement used to describe every landing ever made in the F-100. Thanks for the great content man. I see ur channel growing significantly soon. Subbed. Would love to see one on the Atlas Cheetah from South Africa. Great story.

[@AviationRepublic]

Hello, thank you so much, the F100 has always been one of those aircraft that has always interested me, more so the missions and the pilot who flew her. I will put your suggestion on the list of machines to cover. :-) Joe

[@krishorst4734]

@@AviationRepublic Cheers mate. Just a thought, ur channel at the end of the day. Im perfectly happy with ur content as it is though. Keep it up. Thx man.

[@guaporeturns9472]

The Misty mission s have always interested me… just read an article about F-100 Misty missions

[@mikehawkhovers9872]

I'm more of a tank enthusiast, but this video is well-made and makes me more interested in airplanes.

[@AviationRepublic]

Welcome to the aviation club, however, I do love a good tank myself. There is a brilliant one in Bastogne in Belgium if you ever get the chance. It's called simply "Bastogne Barracks, they let you roam around all you like, worth the visit.

[@kevculmstock1]

Interesting aircraft, the rocket assisted takeoff was pretty groundbreaking back then. The pilots were brave as hell to fly it considering its notorious record!

[@AviationRepublic]

Yeah, that rocket assisted take off, imagine coming into work one morning and seeing you have been voluntold you are going to be strapped to a rocket, road runner style. :-) Joe

[@jimbeachler9165]

I remember admiring these jets as they did low flyovers while we were out working in the fields on Nebraska farms.

[@AviationRepublic]

I can't imagine how cool that must have been, it's moments like these that make lasting memories. :-) Joe

[@Tigerbythetoe]

Great and extensive video on the Hun! I really have to give those many pilots my respect for flying such an awesome yet complicated aircraft. I would like to see a video that goes into depth about those Misty missions. Thanks for your efforts!

[@AviationRepublic]

Thank you, I am in the process of digging around for more details on various Misty Missions, currently re-reading "Bury us upside down". Those Misty/Wild Weasel Pilots were brave and crazy, no doubt. Stay tuned. :-) Joe

[@Wookie120]

Really enjoyed your video, well done!

[@AviationRepublic]

Glad you enjoyed it! More to come, I am currently working on two more classic cold war American machines : -) Joe

[@andrewtaylor7203]

Have been busy.. glad I came back to watch this!

[@AviationRepublic]

Work faster, then you'll have more time to watch my videos :-) Joe

[@MrOhdead]

Great piece of work, always found the aircraft good looking, did not realise such a deathtrap.

[@AviationRepublic]

Thank you very much, more to come. :-) Joe

[@edwardpate6128]

One of my all time favorite aircraft!

[@AviationRepublic]

How long is that list, mine is..........checks notes..............all of them :-) Joe

[@VeeTaperTemplar]

Appreciate the content bro Good Luck out there o7

[@AviationRepublic]

Thank you very much, more to come. :-) Joe

[@Reggie-b3e]

That's a sexy "OLDSKOOL" 60's Warbird!! 👀🤘🫡

[@AviationRepublic]

Oh yes, most definitely. she is a look looking lady. More F-100 fun to come next week :- )Joe

[@springertube]

I was an impressionable Air Force brat of 8-10 years in the early sixties when my father and family were stationed at our (US) main tactical fighter base in southern Japan. A decade earlier it had been a major Korean War base flying F-82 Twin Mustangs, and F-84 and other straight-winged jets of the day, Although it did fly some F-86s, they primarily flew out of another base 30 miles up the coast. By our time there, the F-100 was the main aircraft - the base's main mission - our first year (and many years before our arrival), replaced by the F-105 our second year, the latter's first and final year there - both eventually sent to Thailand (Vietnam). The other primary asset and very active at the base was a squadron of F-102s, in addition to T-33 trainers and cargo/transport craft (C-130, C-124, C-118, C-119, C-121). My father had been a command pilot and flying pilot instructor on B-17s, 24s, 29s, 50s and A-20s during and after WWII, but then at the Pentagon and in Japan a high-ranking mostly-desk jockey. Although his primary duty in this assignment was bigger/strategic picture, he had a lot of close interaction with the pilots and air operations, "Hun drivers" in this case. He said although it could be a challenge especially on approach, which has been well chronicled, they were definitely a tight-knit club and there was great affection for the "Hun" amongst the pilots that flew it (and survived of course). Like a kid in a candy store, I got to be around these glorious planes a lot. From the flightline we watched many a 100, 102 and 105 taxi, take off, operate in flight and land. Whether the name refers to its sound or not, "Thunderchief" seemed an apt name for the 105 as it roared down the runway...but the 100 no slouch in that regard. The memories of all of these still music to my ears and enticing fragrance to the olfactories! Because it was the first military jets of my youth, the 100 has always been my favorite of the legacy planes, but the 105 appropriately a close second!

[@danbenson7587]

The F100 was USAF first try at a supersonic fighter. Much about supersonic aerodynamics , jet engines, boosted controls unknown. The viewer will note the F100 hasn’t a variable ramp intake, nor is it area ruled, and the problems of swept wings at high angle of attacks. Of the Century series, likely the best was the F106 because Convair made its mistakes on the F102. Similarly the USAF and NAA should have cut their losses on the F100 earlier. Good vid. D

[@AviationRepublic]

Thank you, like I said in the video, for me the F-100 was always the first step towards some outstanding aircraft, imagine what she would have been like with area rule. The fact the F-100 could push past Mach on brute force is amazing.

[@ArneChristianRosenfeldt]

Compression cone or the ramps on the F-104 seem to push the air outwards. Then need a large lip to catch it. And the remaining fuselage need to gently go from conic to cyclinder. With just a pitot intake (ideally circular) your fuselage is thinner. I guess that it is a tight fit around the engine. Of course all the friction in the duct is a problem. With area rule the plane could be shorter and more stubby. At least this is not so ugly like the Draken. Ducts almost as long, but not used to break through the Mach barrier.

[@angusarmstrong6526]

Really well told fascinating story.

[@AviationRepublic]

Thank you so much. More to come :-) Joe

[@mokittle78]

I saw that Thunderbird F-100 over Macon Georgia....also others of the first F-100s out of Robins AFB, south of Macon.

[@AviationRepublic]

Check out "Jet Jerod" youtube channel, they have a operational F-100F, such a beauty.

[@glennmorrissey5309]

Great documentary on the Super Sabre. I'd agree with the song, that ' I'd crap my pants when I see that Sabre dance...'

[@AviationRepublic]

Thank you very much, I glad you enjoyed it, more to come soon. :-) Joe

[@John-or9ccUndauntedRaceCars]

I liked your video singularly for the fact you added snoopy in your request.

[@AviationRepublic]

Who..........WHO DOES NOT LIKE SNOOPY????? Thank you, i may have to make Snoopy a permanent fixture. :-) Joe

[@Boric78]

Great Vid. A really underrated (for the obvious reasons you explained) aircraft. I have a love for it in the same way I love Corvette's. If I owned one and had to drive / fly it, I would probably hate it. But I could look at it all day.

[@AviationRepublic]

Thank you very much, she is a great looking machine from the side and the rear quarter, looking back up the fuselage. More cold war aircraft to come. :-) Joe

[@Boric78]

@@AviationRepublic "Looking up at the rear quarter in appreciation." Careful Joe we might have younger viewers. LOL. Although I get what you are saying - am an admiring of fine lines myself. Or so I tell the wife,

[@AviationRepublic]

Well, I'm off to the local RAF museum in a bit to stand by the Bucc rear end, research purposes of course.

[@Boric78]

@@AviationRepublic LOL

[@hansjfenneberg9717]

Good Video THX. It was great to fly. The afterburner that later came from the F-102 ,made it a lot better as a tactical weapon. Strafing while reducing power was a trick to up your score on a pinpoint target range.

[@AviationRepublic]

Did you fly the F-100?

[@hansjfenneberg9717]

@@AviationRepublic Ja, 1600 hours in D and F. Did also test Bullpup take-over-fireings

[@canthony722]

This is a GOOD video

[@AviationRepublic]

Thank you very much, very pleased you think so, more to more.

[@TractorDog]

nice work AR

[@AviationRepublic]

Thanks 👍More to come, and thank you for your continued support. :-) Joe

[@terrysoule8441]

The -100 helped to make Col. Boyd famous.

[@FaithInHisBloodOrg]

Outstanding video!

[@AviationRepublic]

Thank you very much! Very please you enjoyed it. More to come. :-) Joe

[@benvandermerwe4934]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Thanks for the presentation. ⚡🥃

[@AviationRepublic]

And thank you for taking the time to watch, it is much appropriated. More Cold war legends coming soon :-) Joe

[@guaporeturns9472]

Love it

[@AviationRepublic]

Thank you, good to see you here again, I appreciate your support. :-) Joe

[@ibluap]

Gorgeous work around the "Hun"!

[@AviationRepublic]

Thank you so much! Working on more Cold war American machines. :-) Joe

[@JulienGardner]

What a video... Congratulations.

[@AviationRepublic]

Glad you enjoyed it More F-100 content to come soon :-) Joe

[@NathanDudani]

An up-and-coming Rex's Hangar

[@AviationRepublic]

Thank you, I am honoured you think so, more to come. :-) Joe

[@seanwalsh2055]

The F-100 was flown by the Thunderbirds for several years but this was not covered at all.

[@AviationRepublic]

True, I did consider including it into the video, i do plan a further two videos on the F-100, the next will be more mission based, the one after will probably include the Thunderbirds.

[@nonyabiz9487]

I would say the MIG-19 was the F-100 equal rival. Which one was better? Thats hard to say but in a dog fight the F-100 probably had the better weapon technology however the MIG may have had slightly better performance.

[@AviationRepublic]

Imagine having the resources to have an F-100 and Mig 19 in a modern day fly off. Would be a great sight to behold. :-) Joe

[@arthurschipper8906]

I always had a soft spot for the hun

[@AviationRepublic]

No one would blame you, I have a soft spot for anything with wings, except mosquitos, the insect, not the wooden wonder. :-) Joe

[@edwardpate6128]

The F-105 was WAY faster than 100mph over the F-100, more like over 500.

[@AviationRepublic]

I think I was a going somewhere with that statement and somehow forgot what it was or managed to cut it out, looking at my notes,, I think I was looking at some first hand accounts of low level flights. I will check properly later.

[@Truck_Company_84]

Top speed was like 1350+ at altitude. The Thud could also accelerate like a demon too… man I love that plane!

[@AviationRepublic]

I never really paid much attention to the F-105, but recently i have had a growing appreciation of the Thunder chief, I might have to put the Thud on the list.

[@justforever96]

Probably refers to cruising speed. And this stuff varies a lot by altitude, a plane that is very fast at 50K might be barely supersonic at sea level. Just going to Wikipedia and looking at the number listed as "top speed" doesn't tell the whole story.

[@BlazingShackles]

what does "lets crack on" mean?

[@AviationRepublic]

The phrase "let's crack on" is an informal British expression that means "let's get started" or "let's continue with the task at hand". You'll hear it used fairly often here in the UK.

[@David77646]

So sad abiut the high number of pilots who lost their lives in this aircraft

[@AviationRepublic]

More F-100 stories in the works, the best way we can honour them is to remember them.

[@tomcooper6108]

Hey mister, we lost that particular little conflict. Ho Che Min kicked our asses with tunnel rats.

[@Red-rl1xx]

Awesome! One of my favorites! I've got a model of a Thunderbirds F100.

[@AviationRepublic]

I love the Thunderbirds paint scheme, very cool machine :-) Joe

[@volkspanzer831]

16 minutes to reach 40,000 feet? Damn that’s bad.

[@AviationRepublic]

According to the specs, but she had it elsewhere where it counted.

[@hansjfenneberg9717]

@@AviationRepublic When CLEAN from brakes off to 40 T, about 4 min.

[@johndonahoe6592]

I crashed one of those on take off it had eject seat

[@AviationRepublic]

Was it a zero/zero seat at the time?

[@danieltynan5301]

F111.....

[@jst4curiosity704]

One of the least liked and least known early jets..

[@AviationRepublic]

True, that she is among the least known outside of the aviation community, but she is still a hell of a machine, I'd love to get a ride in one

[@theephemeralglade1935]

"Let's crack on." Some Britishy sh*t I can really feel!

[@AviationRepublic]

These are the words I say every day before I start work. It's almost a battle cry. :-) Joe

[@goodbonezz1289]

16 minutes to 40,000 feet?

[@sjaakmcd1804]

The problem with military aviation from the late 1940's to the late 1960's was a political one. Politicians demanded IMPRESSIVE!. Faster, Higher, Range and cost! The targets should have been capability, survivability, durability and range. Fortunately aircraft designers and companies came up with products outside of political stupidity even before and during WW2; Spitfire, Mosquito, Mustang, P38 Lightning and A1 skyraider. Cold war against the political demands aircraft: B52, A4, F4, A6, F8, A10. British; Buccaneer, Vulcan, Jaguar, Harrier, Tornado, were all aircraft offered from design teams that were not close to the politically demanded aircraft, surpassed the demands and the intended service life and evolved and expanded their operational capabilities. B52 nearly 100 years old and getting better. A10 finds newer roles every year from it's Tank Buster beginnings. The whole "how much supersonic can you make it?" A USAF fighter and a USSR fighter are both doing Mach 2, flying directly towards each other 50 miles apart, in just over one minute both aircraft have passed and neither pilot caught a look at each other!

[@JohnRyan-gr8bs]

Never girget eho eon that war and also 1000 officers and NCOs fragged 30% heroin use in done units 2% supported tgat ear enough to vomunteer gor a 2nd tour

[@RANDALLBRIGGS]

At 26:57, you say that Brooks was still strapped into his ejector seat. But at 25:40 you said that "this was before the advent of ejector seats." What gives? Also, Robert McNamara's surname was pronounced "MACK-na-MARE-ah." While Donald Kilgus only received credit for a probable kill, North Vietnamese records later showed that the F-100s had shot down three of the four MiG-17s in the fight.

[@mfrsr]

listen to the rest of the sentence at 25:40. it was an early design of ejector seat rather than the zero/zero design that doesn't need extra altitude to function.

[@AviationRepublic]

"This was all before the advent of ejector seats, which could catapult the pilot to safety from zero feet at zero speed." In retrospect, I should have just written "Zero/zero seats. "MACK-na-MARE-ah." Yes, you are right I missed the Vietnamese records, I saw some other sources claiming that he had been credited the kill, but i err-ed on the side of caution. Thank you for spotting those points, proves that people are watch AND paying attention, you are the best :-) Joe

[@spinynorman887]

At 7:32 I had had enough. Bad enough that I have to listen to ANOTHER of the hundreds of Brit narrators(you aren't ALL David Attenborough), but by this time you had interrupted TWICE to beg me to do nice things for you. I DO NOT hit LIKE or SUBSCRIBE because you ask me to! I do it if AND ONLY IF the content is good, high quality, accurate and holds my interest. Interruptions to go off-topic DO NOT DO THAT! So I'm stopping now, and hitting DISLIKE. Which sucks, because the F-100 is one of my favorite aircraft, and I was hoping for a good video on it!

[@AviationRepublic]

Thank you for your feedback, i will bear it in mind for future videos.

[@davidhernandez9985]

No way that war-bird is for $sale too?

[@AviationRepublic]

Which warbird is for sale?

[@vernmeyerotto255]

You're wrong about the F86's kill ratio. When exaggerated claims were taken into account after the cold war, it was about 1.01 to 1 in the Sabres favor.

[@jamess3241]

I made it all the way up to the point where you said the pitbull would tear apart the owner. I'm unsubscribing from your channel as well. Don't spread false hate around.

[@AviationRepublic]

I am sorry you feel that way, as someone who loves pitbulls, I did say in the video "she would be a Pitbull, strong, muscular, stout, smart and dependable; however, in the wrong hands, she would turn her handler into confetti in a heartbeat" However, In the wrong hands any dog is dangerous

[@stanleydavidson6543]

I don't think they were talking a bout pit bull dogs

[@goodbonezz1289]

47 crashes out of 200 some odd manufactured at the time is pretty bad. And pit bulls are liabilities too. Accurate comparison.

[@Chiller11]

Of the fatal dog attacks in the US since 2016 65% involved pit bulls. They accounted for 284 deaths. The second most common breed was the Rottweiler at 45 deaths or 10.4%. The third most common breed was the German Shepherd at 20 deaths or 4.6%. The differences in these values is massive with Pitt Bulls being way over represented in the fatality numbers. The American Temperament Test Society ranks the American Pit Bull Terrier in its top 10 most aggressive dogs. One can argue whether the Pit Bull’s tendency towards aggression is genetic or environmental, I believe it’s a combination of the two, but one can’t argue with the statistics. Pit Bulls are strong muscular dogs that have the potential to be more dangerous than many other breeds. It’s irresponsible to ignore that fact. As a veterinarian I’ve treated many lovely Pitties and I don’t consider them among the most dangerous patients to me but I would never leave an unattended child with one.

[@drive9997]

o brother