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Serial 54-2045 is in foreground. 355th TFS F-100D 56-3456 1969. Tuy Hoa Air Base was an air force base in Vietnam, being closed in 1970. It was built by the United States in 1966 and was used by the United States Air Force (USAF) during the Vietnam War in the II Corps Tactical Zone of South Vietnam.
On 4 April 1965, as escorts protecting F-105s attacking the Thanh Hoa Bridge, F-100 Super Sabres fought the USAF's first air-to-air jet combat duel in the Vietnam War, in which an F-100 piloted by Captain Donald W. Kilgus of the 416th Fighter Squadron shot down a North Vietnamese Air Force [53] MiG-17, using cannon fire, while another fired AIM ...
F-100D at Toul AB France, 50th TFW. This is a List of F-100 Units of the United States Air Force by wing, squadron, location, tailcode, features, variant, and service dates.
Squadron F-100s deployed to Vietnam [d] 481st F-100s flying from Tan Son Nhut Airport in 1965. [e] The squadron made its first deployment to Southeast Asia on 10 November 1963 to Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, where it spent 75 Days. In the Spring of 1965, the squadron was notified it would deploy to Vietnam in late June for a ...
McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom of the 309th TFS, about 1971. North American F-100D Super Sabres of the 309th TFS on the ramp at Tuy Hoa AB South Vietnam, April 1970. Spitfire V of the 309th Fighter Squadron. The 309th Fighter Squadron (309 FS) is part of the 56th Operations Group at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.
South Vietnam, Khánh Hòa Province: His F-100D #56-3415 crashed while on a close air support mission [203] Presumptive finding of death [3] March 13: Creed, Barton S: Lieutenant: US Navy: VA-113, USS Ranger: Operation Commando Hunt: Laos, Savannakhet Province: His A-7E #157589 was hit by ground fire and he ejected breaking an arm and a leg.
355th TFS North American F-100D-80-NH Super Sabre 56-3374 on a mission into North Vietnam from Phu Cat AB, South Vietnam. On 3 February 1968, the 355th Tactical Fighter Squadron was deployed to support the 37th Tactical Fighter Wing at Phù Cát Air Base, South Vietnam for five months' Temporary Duty (TDY).
The 175th began receiving North American F-100 Super Sabre fighters that were being withdrawn from service in the Vietnam War. News was received in March 1976 that the unit's F-100D aircraft would be replaced by LTV A-7D Corsair II jets.