Flew the F-100 at CannonAFB, NM, RAF Wethersfield, UK, RAF Upper Heyford, UK, & Phang Rang AB, Viet Nam. Great bird, durable with wonderful range . Like a Timex - takes a lick in' and keeps on tickin'! Closed out a squadron everywhere I was stationed. Ferried my Hun from Viet Nam in '71 to the Mass ANG. Saw it the following year at Tinker AFB encounters to the Boneyard. Brought a tear to the eye.

I remember #753, the Susan Constant, while she was flying with the NM ANG. One can still see her flying towards the end of the movie "Skyjacked". She's impersonating a Russian Mig-21. They got the red stars painted on, but the forward fuselage numbers and the roadrunner on her vertical stab are still very much visible. I made display model of her for the Albuquerque Sunport many year ago.

Stationed 1959-61 at Kadena AFB Okinawa with the 18th FMS. Our commander was Francis S. Gabreski, an ace from way back. Worked on hydraulic systems on F-100 & RF-101's. Have a USAF Outstanding Unit Award framed & on my wall. I would really like any communication from anyone there at that time.

Wayne, Check your dash 1. F-100 c, 183 plus fuel on final

I WAS STATIONED AT ITAZUKE AFB IN JAPAN FROM 58-60 AND WAS IN ENGINE BUILD UP,TEST CELL AND INSTALED ENGINE INTO F-100 AIRCRAFT. THEN RUN THEM TO CHECK FOR LEAKS.THIS WAS A FINE AIRCRAFT. FOR THE TWO YEARS WE WERE THERE WE DIDN'T LOSE A ONE.

Joe Flemming, I should know you I was Jet eng. mech. A/2C [Goose] Ray Gandy at England AFB 8-May-58 thru 18-Oct. 61 Was temp assigned to 614th Sept 59 as asst crew chief on #834 [Col. Carr's bird] then back to 401st CAMS engine shop, was TDY to Eglin Field with 614th Oct.60, Also On the "Berlin Crisis Sep 61 on TS assignment with Col. Carr, then due to a SNAFU was sent back to EAFB for Discharge after 18 days

It's nice to see that the Hun is still alive, if only in our hearts. I was a crew chief on the F100 in Lybia 1968-69. The 7272 FTW ( Fighter Training Wing) I belive was the only one of it's kind in the Air Force inventory. We had only 16 Huns to train all the squadrons from Europe they would prctice arial combat and bombing in the desert. I guess before they went to Nam. I was proud to be a crew chief on the F100 and especcialy when I stenciled my name on the nose gear door. I was a staff sgt. and 20 years old

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While in the USAF I worked on F-100’s from 1967 to 1969 in armament. At Myrtle Beach with the 355th TFS (Fighting Falcons) we were mobilized to Phu Cat VN in 1968. During the six months we were their TDY we loaded over 14,000 sorties. Then a short time with the 121st ANG back at the beach. After that I went to Bien Hoa VN. in 1969 with the 510th TFS (Buzzards of Bien Hoa). During all that time we lost two planes, one in flight making a bombing run in the Valley, and the other took a rocket setting on the ground. The plane was a real work horse coming back from missions with tree branches stuck in the wing and one time on the way beck from Phase in Iraq a wing was not put together and separated, the leading edge slats fell out in flight, no problem! All things considered it was a easy plane to load although the ammo cans would get rounded out on the bottom which made it hard to slide them into the ammo bay, sometimes we would have to get the ammo stand rocking and kick’em in. Definitely a Great Plane. Send me an email if you were there.

Was a F100 Crew Chief at Cannon AFB fron 61 thru 64. Started in the 522TFS and later they moved everyone to the 27TH OMS. While in the 522nd I crewed A/C 902 F model which was the commanders A/C.Went TDY all around the world with the 100's.My last TDY was to DA NANG in 64. I came home in DECEMBER and left the planes there.

I am looking for information regarding the death of 1LT Richard Tachibana who flew the F-100D in the 417th TFS. He was killed in a crash (type unknown) while flying from Ramstein AB on 13 July 1961. Please contact me if you can provide any details.

worked on the f100f at spang from the 50s to 1961. 49th fighter bomber wing. we called it the lead sled. loved working on it though. also looking for sgt gorden tanner if anyone knows him.I went to wheelus as well. bob clay

While in the USAF I worked on F-100’s from 1967 to 1969 in armament. At Myrtle Beach with the 355th TFS (Fighting Falcons) we were mobilized to Phu Cat VN in 1968. During the six months we were their TDY we loaded over 14,000 sorties. Then a short time with the 121st ANG back at the beach. After that I went to Bien Hoa VN. in 1969 with the 510th TFS (Buzzards of Bien Hoa). During all that time we lost two planes, one in flight making a bombing run in the Valley, and the other took a rocket setting on the ground. The plane was a real work horse coming back from missions with tree branches stuck in the wing and one time on the way beck from Phase in Iraq a wing was not put together and separated, the leading edge slats fell out in flight, no problem! All things considered it was a easy plane to load although the ammo cans would get rounded out on the bottom which made it hard to slide them into the ammo bay, sometimes we would have to get the ammo stand rocking and kick’em in. Definitely a Great Plane. Send me an email if you were there.

Flew F-100D & F '76 - '78. Ohio ANG. In the early '70's Ohio had four F-100 squadrons. Reliable, hardly ever a problem. Maintenance guys (mostly guys back then) kept them in top shape. We retired them in '78 to Davis Monthan.

worked in Misawa Japan from 8/63 to 8/65 in the 21stFMS squadron. The 100 sqds there were the 531st and 416th, that returned to the States in 64, and were replaced on a rotational basis by units from Cannon AFB. The engine shop at Misawa supported the F-100s, F-102, and the RF-101-C.

I have some home movies my dad took in 1960 and 1961 in Bermuda, of in-flight refueling of a B-66 and an F-100 (I think the tail # is 63435?) He was in the refueling aircraft, and you can watch the pilot in the jet as they fly together. Amazing flying. I'm happy to share if anyone is interested.

I first worked on the F-100 as a jet mechanic at Clark in 62-64. I worked on some of the same birds at Bien Hoa in 66-67. My next tour with the F-100's was in Torrejon 69-73. We went over to F4E after a couple years, and gave our F-100's to Turkey. They were a pain to work on the installed engines,(flightline work) but I loved the old lead sled.

While at Myrtle Beach AFB in 1961-62 I worked in the Wing Command Post of the 354th Fighter Wing. I worked with a Capt. Rainwater who told me that while he was operational, he was landing his F-100 he had a brain fart and landed on his drop tanks, having forgot to deploy the landing gear.He walked away and there was minamal damage to the plane. I guess God was his co-pilot that day.

I was at Da Nang AB, Viet Nam in "71-72". I saw an F-100 come screaming down the runway riding on a "Ball of Sparks" and veer off the cement into the center section one day. The pilot was half way out of that "Bullet" before it came to a complete stop. Believe it or not, they put that bird into a hanger up on the other side of the field by the Kaman helicopters and I think they rebuilt it. I might be wrong, but I think that bird actually flew again. Shortly after that I found myself on top of an APC babysitting a 50 cal. all night, so I kind of had a couple of other things on my mind. I guess I don't need to tell "Ya All" what those "Two Things" were.

I started on the F100 J57 Engine right out of tech school in 1960 I had just turned 18. went to japan then thailand with F105's. See the F100 again in 1968 in Bein Hoa. Left there after 1 year then to Cannon with the 524th TFS. The last F100 Sq in the AF

My Father flew the F-100 for 15 years and our family grew up of and around her. You may have guessed that this is a commemoration to this great "HUN" in the passing of our Father, Colonel F.J. "Pat" Kramer Jr. He first flew the Hun in UPT at Luke in 1957 and was assigned to Hahn AB with the 461st FDS flying the C-Hun. Then 1 year later was selected to the USAFE Skyblazers flying Solo, Slot, and then Leader in the 1961 show season. In January 1962 the Skyblazers were disbanded and the crews were sent back to the States; we went to Luke. Dad then went to Ben Hoi in the Hun, and later to Phu Cat "Bird-dogging" in the O-1E. The Hun later re-entered my Father's life at England AFB with the 68th, 531st, and 416th TFTS return from SEA. These were the days most impressionable to me as I grew up in Life Support performing Helmet BPO's and writing the FRAG in grease pencil on the OPS flying boards. The smell of JP4 from the operating J57 stuck with me like the smell of fresh strawberry jam on toast with a soft shell crab stuffed in between. More so I love the history of the F-100 after crewing F-4E's and F-16's since 1976. I am still working on the 16 here at Luke, just yards away where my parents brought me into this world. I am still passionate with the MOST BEAUTIFUL HUN in the world building plastic models of the F-100 in DETAIL, historically collecting, and documenting its journey. The Hun to our family was the last, if not the loss of innocence as she "...danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings..." as the last of the all metal fighters; Oh what strories we have heard and tell… I LOVE YOU DADDY!!