The F-100 Super Sabre made her maiden flight on May 25, 1953 — just two months before the Korean Armistice Agreement that halted the conflict in which the original Sabre had proven her mettle — and ...

On this day in aviation history, 72 years ago-May 25, 1953-the North American F-100 Super Sabre took to the skies for the first time. The maiden flight was conducted by North American Aviation's chief ...

A warplane and its gallant pilots were celebrated over the weekend. The new F-100 Super Sabre jet fighter exhibit at the Military Aviation Preservation Society Air Museum in Green is of both national ...

The idea for an upgraded version of the F-86 Sabre began percolating at North American in the late 1940s. The idea would eventually manifest in the F-100, which began flight testing as a prototype in ...

The F-22 and F-15 can travel at speeds up to and beyond Mach 2.25 and the F-35 can hit speeds of Mach 1.6, yet the first supersonic fighter aircraft emerged as far back as the 1950s with the North ...