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General Background

The North American F-100 Supersabre served the USAF from 1954 to 1971 and the ANG until 1979. The F-100 commonly referred to as the “Hun”, a shortened version of “one hundred” was the first US fighter capable of attaining supersonic speed in level flight. The Hun was used extensively as close-air-support in South Vietnam.

The Aircraft

Between 1959 and 1974 the Danish Air Force received 48 F-100D Super Sabres. One of these was c/n 54-2262 that had flown 679 hours with the USAF as FW-262. It arrived in Denmark on June 12, 1959 and became G-262. The last flight with the RDAF was on January 15, 1982 with a total of 4,516 hours. G-262 was sold to Turkey and arrived January 27, 1982. On July 29, 1983 the aircraft was destroyed when the pilot lost control doing several tough maneuvers during weapons training.

Specifications :

Crew:	1
Dimensions:
Length:	50 ft (15.2 m)
Wingspan:	38 ft 9 in (11.81 m)
Height:	16 ft² 2¾ in (4.95 m)
Wing area:	400 ft² (37 m²)
Weight:
Empty weight:	21,000 lb (9,500 kg)
Loaded weight:	28,847 lb (13,085 kg)
Maximum take off weight:	34,832 lb (15,800 kg)
Engine Performance:
Powerplant:	1× Pratt & Whitney J57-P-21/21A turbojet
Dry thrust:	10,200 lbf (45 kN)
Thrust with afterburner:	16,000 lbf (71 kN)
Aspect ratio:	2 3.76
Drag area:	5.0 ft² (0.46 m²)
Zero-lift drag coefficient:	0.0130
Performance:
Maximum speed:	750 kn (864 mph, 1,390 km/h)
Range:	1,733 NM (1,995 mi, 3,210 km)
Service ceiling:	50,000 ft (15,000 m)
Rate of climb:	22,400 ft/min (114 m/s)
Wing loading:	72.1 lb/ft² (352 kg/m²)
Thrust/weight:	0.55
Lift-to-drag ratio:	13.9
Armament:
Guns:	4× 20 mm (0.787 in) M39 cannon
Missiles:	4× AIM-9 Sidewinder Missiles or GAM-83 Bullpup Missile
Bombs:	7,040 lb (3,190 kg) of weapons, including:
	Conventional bombs or
	Mk. 7 nuclear bomb or
	Mk. 28 nuclear bomb or
	Mk. 38 nuclear bomb or
	Mk. 43 nuclear bomb or
	Mk. 57 nuclear bomb or
	Mk. 61 nuclear bomb