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Ground Crew and Armourers prepare F-100D for another close air support mission at Bien Hoa AB. South Vietnam

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"I was thinking that i haven't shared many RAF Wethersfield based 20th Tactical Fighter Wing F-100 Super Sabre pictures recently.

I came across the one below of 56-3402 and thought WOW, what a great photo.

After a period in storage, the aircraft was subsequently converted to a drone and was shot down on the 16th March 1988"

📸 ℹ️RAF Wethersfield Mussum page

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F-100D firing rockets at VietCong positions in Southern Vietnam

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OV-10 Bronco marking targets for an F-100D Super Sabre in South Vietnam 1970

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North American F-100 Super Sabre

The North American F-100 Super Sabre was one of the most important yet often overlooked (not by people like you, though) aircraft of the Vietnam War. Nicknamed the “Hun”, it was the first operational fighter capable of supersonic flight in level flight, but in Vietnam, it earned its reputation not as an interceptor, but as a tireless fighter-bomber and close air support aircraft. Between 1964 and 1971, F-100s flew an astonishing 360,283 combat sorties, more than any other USAF fighter in the war and more combat missions than all 15,000-plus P-51 Mustangs flew during the Second World War.

The F-100 was the backbone of tactical air support during the early years of the conflict. It escorted strike aircraft, attacked ground targets, performed armed reconnaissance, and protected troops under fire. At its peak, around 490 F-100s were deployed in Southeast Asia.

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