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F-100D Super Sabre 0-63390, Turkish Air Force, 1970s
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
In the early 1950s Turkish Air Force (Türk Hava Kuvvetleri) began receiving F-100
Super Sabres and in 1972 when the USAF phased out their F-100 Super Sabres from
their active service a large number of aircraft went to ANG units, Denmark and Turkey.
Over the years the Turkish Air Force (Türk Hava Kuvvetleri) received approximately 206
F-100D and F variants. In 1974 the Turkish F-100s saw heavy use during the conflict
between Turkey and Greece over the ownership of Cyprus. The last Turkish F-100D
was retired in 1982. This F-100D is ex-USAF 401ST TFW, # 56-3390 / 0-63390
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 |