{"id":4278178,"date":"2026-07-07T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/f-100-super-sabre-the-hun-flies-again\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T09:18:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T07:18:36","slug":"f-100-super-sabre-the-hun-flies-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/f-100-super-sabre-the-hun-flies-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Il Super Sabre vola di nuovo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n<!-- mfsh:top -->\n\n<style>\n.mfsh-trigger{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;height:44px;padding:0 18px;margin:0 0 26px;border:2px solid #0F1720;background:#fff;color:#0F1720;font-family:inherit;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;letter-spacing:0;text-transform:none;cursor:pointer;box-shadow:none;transition:background .15s,color 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It was a North American F-100 Super Sabre \u2014 one of only two left flying anywhere on earth \u2014 and its return is a good excuse to remember an aircraft that was every bit as dangerous to the men who flew it as to the enemy.<\/p>\r\n<p>They called it \u201cthe Hun.\u201d It was America\u2019s first supersonic fighter, and it earned its reputation the hard way.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f4f6f8; border-radius: 8px; padding: 18px 22px; margin: 8px 0 26px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7;\">\r\n<div style=\"font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: .03em; color: #333; margin-bottom: 8px;\">QUICK FACTS<\/div>\r\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0; color: #666; width: 40%;\">Aircraft<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0;\"><strong>North American F-100 Super Sabre (\u201cthe Hun\u201d)<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0; color: #666;\">First flight<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0;\">25 May 1953 \u2014 supersonic on its maiden flight<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0; color: #666;\">Claim to fame<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0;\">First USAF fighter capable of level supersonic flight<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0; color: #666;\">Dark reputation<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0;\">The deadly low-speed \u201cSabre Dance\u201d<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0; color: #666;\">Flying again<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0;\">Collings Foundation F-100F, March 2026<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">The first to break the sound barrier in level flight<\/h2>\r\n<p>When the YF-100A prototype lifted off on 25 May 1953, it went supersonic on that very first flight \u2014 a startling debut. The Super Sabre became the first fighter in U.S. Air Force service able to fly faster than sound in level flight, the opening act of the legendary \u201cCentury Series\u201d of jets numbered from the F-100 to the F-106. Pilots nicknamed it the Hun, short for \u201cHundred,\u201d and it descended directly from the <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-86-sabre\">F-86<\/a> Sabre that had duelled MiGs over Korea.<\/p>\r\n<p>But going supersonic in the mid-1950s meant sailing into aerodynamic territory nobody fully understood, and the Hun bit back.<\/p>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">The Sabre Dance<\/h2>\r\n<p>The F-100\u2019s most feared trait had a strangely pretty name: the Sabre Dance. Pull the nose up too high at low speed \u2014 on takeoff or, worse, on final approach \u2014 and the swept wingtips would stall first. The centre of lift shifted forward, the nose pitched higher still, and the stall deepened into a slow, unrecoverable wallow. A 1956 crash at Palmdale, California was captured on film and became a grim training reel for generations of pilots. Early inertia-coupling problems added to the toll; the test pilot George Welch was killed in 1954 when his F-100A broke apart in a dive.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin: 0 0 24px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 6px;\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/f-100d-super-sabre-vietnam.jpg\" alt=\"F-100D Super Sabre dropping napalm in Vietnam, 1968\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">A Vietnam-era F-100D drops napalm in 1968. The Hun became one of the hardest-working strike aircraft of the war. Photo: U.S. Air Force<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p>For all that, the aircraft matured into a superb workhorse. Over Vietnam the Super Sabre flew countless close-air-support and strike sorties, and the two-seat F-100F took on one of the war\u2019s most demanding jobs: the \u201cMisty\u201d Fast Forward Air Controllers, racing low over hostile jungle to mark targets for other strike aircraft.<\/p>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Back in the air, seventy years on<\/h2>\r\n<p>Which brings us back to that Houston runway. The aircraft that flew in March 2026 is a Collings Foundation F-100F, operated by the Vietnam War Flight Museum \u2014 one of only two airworthy Super Sabres in existence, flown by Rick Sharpe, who holds the distinction of being the only active F-100 pilot in the world. The plan is to bring the Hun back to the airshow circuit, including a dissimilar-formation routine alongside a <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mig-17-fresco\">MiG-17<\/a> that recreates the look of Vietnam-era air combat.<\/p>\r\n<p>More than seventy years after it first outran its own sound, the aircraft that taught the U.S. Air Force how to live at supersonic speed is airborne again \u2014 noisy, demanding, and magnificent.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 24px 0;\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0; border-radius: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eBuO3Ad4RIw\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-no-lazy=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Sources: Vintage Aviation News; Super Sabre Society; National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- mfsh:bottom -->\n\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"mfsh-trigger mfsh-bottom\" data-mfsh-placement=\"bottom\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><svg><use href=\"#mfsh-i-share\"\/><\/svg>Share this story<\/button>\n\n<!-- \/mfsh:bottom -->\n\r\n<!-- mf-faq -->\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"mf-faq-block\"><style>.mf-faq-block{margin:34px 0}.mf-faq-item:not([open]) .mf-faq-answer{display:none !important}.mf-faq-block h2.mf-faq-h{padding-top:22px;margin-bottom:14px}.mf-faq-item{border:1px solid #e2e8f5;border-radius:8px;margin:0 0 10px;background:#fff}.mf-faq-item summary{list-style:none;cursor:pointer;padding:15px 50px 15px 18px;font-weight:600;color:#1a1a1a;position:relative;line-height:1.45;user-select:none}.mf-faq-item summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mf-faq-item summary::after{content:\"+\";position:absolute;right:18px;top:50%;transform:translateY(-50%);font-size:1.5em;font-weight:400;color:#5C91FF;line-height:1}.mf-faq-item[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mf-faq-item[open] summary{border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f8}.mf-faq-item summary:hover{background:#f5f8ff}.mf-faq-answer{padding:14px 18px;color:#333;line-height:1.6}.mf-faq-answer p{margin:0}.mf-faq-answer a{color:#5C91FF}<\/style>\r\n<h2 class=\"mf-faq-h\">Related Questions<\/h2>\r\n<details class=\"mf-faq-item\">\r\n<summary>What was the F-100 Super Sabre?<\/summary>\r\n<div class=\"mf-faq-answer\">\r\n<p>The North American F-100 Super Sabre was America's first supersonic jet fighter, entering U.S. Air Force service in the mid-1950s. 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