The North American NA-180 (F-100 Super Sabre) was an American single-seater fighter aircraft in service from 1954 to the 1980's. The F-100 Super Sabre was the first supersonic operational fighter to be developed for the USAF and was a low-wing cantilever monoplane with 45 degree sweepback wings powered by a Pratt And Whitney J57-P-21 turbojet providing a top speed of Mach 1.39 and a maximum range of 920 km. Armaments consisted of four Ford M39E 20 mm cannons mounted on the underside of the forward fuselage and up to 6000 lbs of disposable stores carried on six under-wing hard points. In 1955 a F-100 Super Sabre established the first supersonic speed record of 1323 kmh. Research F-100 Super Sabre
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