i bet so many people from war thunder have looked at this video as the F100D is being added

Had the misfortune to make an "unexpected landing" three times in my helicopter in RVN in 1966-67, and each time, within minutes, the "Huns" were on us, providing cover while we were evac'd. Thou I never flew the bird, I will always have a soft-spot in my heart for the F-100, and the hun-drivers who saved my sorry butt!

Confirmed for War Thunder bois

Anyone saying that these veterans should get these flights for free... Does it look like these guys are complaining about the cost? That's because they understand how much TIME it takes to maintain an old aircraft, let alone a supersonic jet fighter. If something goes wrong, this aircraft is not replaceable. Also, when they were active, a team of mechanics and maintenance personnel worked on them, avionics, hydraulics, engine mechanics, weapons, just to name a few. I doubt the owner has more than a few volunteers working for him and you can bet parts are not off the shelf. These guys were happy to be able to get one last flight in it.

Seeing these old vets' faces light up as they describe how awesome it was to take the controls once again - really brought a smile to my face. Gosh I should've been a fighter pilot.

War Thunder : *Heavy Breathing*

Phenomenal tribute. Thank you F-100 pilots for your heroic and selfless service 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸. Your hearts are still in the game. "In it to win it"

"You don't want those memories"

The warrior spirit never really leaves an old soldier, it's always there just lying in wait.

One cool thing about the F-100 was that it had a pulse type afterburner nozzle rather than the progressive type nozzle used on later aircraft like the F-4, F-15 and F-18. Instead of lighting at minimum and then gradually increasing the F-100's afterburner would just come on with a big, sudden bang followed by a huge increase in the noise. Also, the original F-100 afterburner nozzles used an inferior iris design that would get stuck all the time. Eventually they were all replaced with surplus F-102 nozzles that used a more reliable segmented design.

One of the very best videos on KZfaq.

3:30 The F-100 at that time did not have 0-0 ejection. You had to be above a minimum altitude to have a successful ejection. Once you got the plane into a "Saber Dance" you were doomed. No one ever survived it.

Worked on them the whole time I was in the AF. 401st TFW out of England AFB, LA. Spent a fair amout of time in Danang. I remember leaving quickly the morning of August 6, 1964 to go to Viet Nam.

From a dumb grunt saved countless times by CAS : Thank You & God Bless the Mud Movers

I'm only thirty-nine and this gave me "goose bumps." Very touching indeed and magical to see and hear these gents! One of my most favorite AOPA Live segments ever. Keep these kind of stories coming. This sums it up: "It's good to be around people who fly; they're my kind of people. I'm home again ;)"

Getting choked up listening to these brave men talk.

Hawkeye - it was nice to see your squadron emblem on your flightsuit. My father was a weapons loader stationed at Phan Rang in 66-67 with the 352nd TFS. I believe he was sent with them from Myrtle Beach AFB. At least I remember our time there before he was shipped out to 'Nam. He was sent home early in June of 1967 when my little brother passed away.

The most beautiful fighter of all time. No other fighter looks fast at rest. God bless our warriors who risked it all for our country.

Excellent video. My Dad flew Huns for 15 years. Grew up watching them. Thanks.

Worked on F100 s from 1961 to 1964 at England AFB LA. Great old bird. Flew in back seat in Incirlik Turkey in 62 and went on 3 labs runs. Wild!!

Glad to see these men get a ride in the plane they flew in Nam. Sad that social media always has to add a lot of immature nonsense to every conversation online. Just the fact that 67 thumbs downed the video shows that some people are just wired wrong. Thanks to those gentlemen for risking their bacon in the unforgiving skies above us in Pleiku.

I never flew, but I had models of planes as a kid. The F-100 was one of my favorites. I just liked the look of it.

I enjoyed this so much. Thank you gentlemen for your exemplary service to our country. My father was a DDAY Veteran. Gone three years now. Maximum Respect.

I really connected with this video, especially at the end with Lt Col Hopkins. His relating the story about being thanked by a soldier echoes with me deeply. I'm an Afghan veteran, in 2007 l was adding armour to the combat vehicles of the Canadian Battle Group. On base, a soldier noticed l was navy and asked me wtf l was doing there. When l told him, he replied that they knew about us, he shook my hand and thanked me and my teammates for keeping them safe in combat. Col. Hopkins, my deepest respect goes out to you, sir, and all the other 100 drivers who helped keep their soldiers safe from the enemy.

The memories... It never gets any easier. You play the tapes over, and over again. I was an AC-130 Illuminator Operator. And at the time, I had no idea what happened, when it happened, would be a permanent part of life, and never diminish, rather become the thing that pops up and replays, over and over, at the oddest moments. I also had a good friend and business partner, that flew Huns in 'nam. I saw the look in his eye, when he thought no one was looking, and when he would sort of freeze up... I know where he was, sitting on the end of runway, hot as hell, in a cold sweat, and in a state of being disconnected, then snapped back to "right now" and throttles up, brakes off, a whole world of shit, and then on the flare, throttles back, rollout with out too much toes on the pedals, were done.... For today.

Thanks for your service brothers. I was Army at Phan Rang Airbase watched many f-100’s for 9 months

Enjoyed watching many F-100's in takeoff, landing and seeing them in the traffic pattern at RAF Lakenheath in the earlier 60's ... report initial, base and clear to land ... you created real beauty in the skies over Lakenheath for a young ATC airman. We all still have the memory of a great looking aircraft and watching it perform or for the pilots feel it move under your control ... great video!

Heros every last one! Thank you gentlemen.

You guys have some very good stories to tell and I enjoyed listening. Thank you. Air Force vet.

What an awesome video! Gentlemen, God bless you and thank you for your service. 🇺🇸

Its a lifetime chance to hear these guys! Spent 24 yrs in Air force 86-2010. Worked A-10s, C130s, and predators...first time seeing a F-100 i knew it was my Favorite. I Got the honor to go pick up a F-100 in Denver to put up on a pole for England AFB. I think its still there.

If anyone is familiar with the movie "The Hunters" (Robert Mitchum, Richard Egan and a VERY young Robert Wagner) about the F-86 in Korea, at the beginning of the movie there a scene where a supposedly 'F-86' crashes on approach...the footage is actually film of the early 'A' model flown by test pilot George Welch of Pearl Harbor fame (one of only two men to get airborne during the attack - Ken Taylor was the other) getting killed as he loses control of the A/C...didn't discovedr that piece of trivia until many years after I first saw the movie (ca. 1961 or '62)

This was worth the time to watch! One of the best aviation vids I've seen in a long time.

what an amazing story, your best ever! listening to their stories brought tears to my eyes. truly outstanding pilots

In the early 60's, I saw the Super Sabre jet for the first time and fell in love with my first air craft. I was a very young child, my father was building jet engines for the U.S.A.F., and the Thunderbirds had come to Tinker A.F.B. What a show, and a 4rth of July to remember for all time.

The F100 was a good solid stable aircraft. It flew well within its speed envelope, the big problem it had was all the electronics were vacuum cubes. Just a few hits by anything or once you fire the guns on the thing it tends to screw up all the electronics. Vacuum tubes break under those kind of stresses.

I was a Crew Chief on F100's in Bien Hoa in 1965. We were rotated out of Homestead AFB in Florida. We were there from June to December and we flew almost 400 missions for close air support. I was discharged in November 1967 and had a great time in Tac with the F100 D I will never forget my AF tour and I am now 76 years old. Thank God .

Was a F100 crew chief at RAF Wethersfield 1966 to 1969

I was in an Air Guard unit back in the 1970's. I got two rides in the back seat of a Super Sabre. I consider myself very lucky. Lots of people would love a chance to experience flying in a fighter jet even just once and I've done it twice.

I never served as I lost an eye when I was one year old, but I always wanted to be in the sky. My dad was USAF in the 50s, Offut AFB, SAC HQ, Bellvue, NE. Thank you for your service, pilots and ground crew. Much respect.

Always been a firm believer when a pilot retires, they get to take their jet too.

F-100 was a great aircraft, my uncle flew F-4 Phantoms over route pack 6 and now I'm a pilot..God Bless our vets.

I always had an interest in aircraft, especially fighter aircraft. I can attribute most to that to my two uncles, Uncle Bobby and Uncle Bill. Bobby was a Marine pilot flying A4 Skyhawks, serving two combat tours over Vietnam. My Uncle Bill, was an Air Force F100 pilot. I was closer to Uncle Bill only because I got to see him more when I was growing up. The highlight was back in 1957 when he flew his F100 into San Francisco International and stayed with us overnight. The next day while I was in school the teacher at my request let the class out to see Uncle Bill fly out from San Francisco, it was quite a sight seeing and hearing the noise that F100 produced as it flew north then east into the clouds. Back in those days, I witnessed a number of military aircraft fly out of there over the years, the most unusual was a B36 Peacemaker. At the time we lived in South San Francisco, about five miles from the main runway and a source of constant noise as departing planes frequently flew directly over our house. It wasn't bad until the commercial jets took over in the early 60s, when an outgoing commercial jet flew over you had to cease conversation for about 30 seconds. Everybody was so used to doing that it was second nature. Unfortunately my Uncle Bill Fenton was killed in a F100 mishap over Berlin in 1962. According to my aunt, the Air Force told her Uncle Bill was training a new pilot in a two seat version of the F100 when for some unexplained reason the canopy blew off at speed and my Uncle sustained mortal injuries. The back seat trainee pilot was able to bring the aircraft in for a safe landing. I still think about him to this day, 55 years later because he was such a great all around nice guy, really humble. While I was attending San Jose State University back in the early 70s, the Aeronautics Department was located at the San Jose airport. Next to their main building sat an old and in poor physical condition F100 Super Sabre. I would drive by it's location enroute to school and each time I would say a mental hello to Uncle Bill as I took a quick passing glance at the fighter jet. If anyone flew with Capt Bill Fenton in the 50s and early 60s and are still around, I would love to hear anything you knew about him or shared any experiences flying with him. My aunt is still alive living in Florida and she would be equally thrilled to hear as well.

I was fortunate to have been acquainted with an F-100 pilot. He was quite a fellow. I was really pleased that he got one last flight, I believe in this aircraft. Thanks for posting this video.

As a kid I remember the New Mexico Air Guard had F-100's at Kirtland AFB , loved to watch those planes. Mike

I love how these old guys are still slinging the Hun around like it was nothing. Great story. Love the Super Sabre.

I love all of these guys. Thank you for your service.

Oh man I wish my dad could have done this. He was a test pilot/instructor out of Nellis in the 50’s. His name was Captain Jon R. Romnes. Thanks for this video!

That guy describing the sensation of going into afterburner and it feeling like he'd never been gone. Must have been a thrill to know he has the power to always remember what it'll be like!

Thank you gentleman for playing a role in trying to save my country! Wish I could meet you in person to say thanks!

Thank you for your service and sacrifice gentlemen! Much appreciated.

In 1967-68 , I was a life support specialist at Phu Cat.I turned 21 there. I remember one day watching the Huns from my squadron (612th TFS) take off, but instead of flying off somewhere, they wheeled around and started bomb runs right outside our perimeter. To this day I don't know what they were hitting, but it was a spectacle. I saw a 750lb low drag bounce through the air like a tennis ball after being dropped. It's ancient history, and just like yesterday all at once. Thank You for this video.

One of THE best if not THE best vids out there...the raw emotion of these Super Saber drivers really hits home.

These guys are the definition of cool, not Brad Pitt and George Clooney. It's sad how unappreciated and unknown it is by the majority of our society how much these guys did and how much of themselves they gave. I guess at the same time it's really nice to know many do care and keep their stories alive. Thank you. Such a fantastic video, thanks for sharing.

What a wonderful team of aviators and gentlemen. So much they have to live with, so much good that they have done. God Bless em' all.

So cool!!! Thank you gentlemen for all you have done and continue to do.

thank you for your service. God Bless.

Thanks for the video. Great to see these former Super Sabre pilots back flying in an aircraft that held such memories. To those who served in Vietnam- thanks very much for doing your duty.

I was living in fort Wayne Indiana as a child and watched the thunderbirds perform there when they were flying the super sabers...long time ago. lol

God bless ALL of you and thank you for your service!!

May not have been the best dog fighters, but the Century Series were some very interesting aircraft.

very touching. I LOVE the super sabre...coolest beast ever

Those off timers are great guys and show they have not lost any of their old skills..... A well put together video.

Heros every last one! Thank you gentlemen AND I SECOND THAT. GOD BLESS AMERICA AND THESE MEN WHO PROTECTED AND AND STILL PROTECT OUR FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fantastic video and incredible men here. I thank and salute every one of you.......

My heart goes out to these guys, and the fallen. Thank you for putting it on the line, and having the extra courage to carry on.

God bless these men. I'm a pilot from a different era, but I get what he said at the end. It's its own brotherhood and camaraderie and it's special.

Thank you god for these amazing men and everyone that supported them. Along with everyone else in all the wars that served for our great nation. God bless America. Thank you all. Amazing men and women.

Thank you from the UK. It was a dirty war but no doubt everyone that fought there, was a true hero.

As a kid, i saw the USAF Thunderbirds in Puerto Rico, flying the F100, an amazing spectacle.

That was one of the best documentaries I have ever watched.

What an absolutely wonderful video.

This was fabulous. No idea why YT was so slow to put it on my list.

Thank you for your service gentlemen. God bless you.

Oh man. So special. They are my kind of people alright. Respect. Thanks for sharing this.

You men were the best of the best and you still are! Thank every one of you!

thankyou for sharing this....thankyou very much!.....

Thank you for your service

This was an awesome video. Thanks .

My dad worked at North American Aviation (NAA) at Los Angeles International Airport. He was a new hire and was there when NAA delivered their production run of F-100's. The planes lined up side by side and took off in tandem. As soon as that group cleared the runway the next two took off. That continued for quite some time. The sky was black with exhaust and windows and buildings shook many miles around from the afterburners thrust. It raised quite a ruckus. He also would get defective canopy's from the company store for us to use as sleds. Always ended up with cold rear ends. But very fun....

Totally cool . beautiful plane too...thank you for everything that you do..wow.

Great video. My dad flew F-100s out of Kadena AB in Okinawa and Cannon AFB, New Mexico.

worked on the huns at sperry goodyear converting them to drones. great plane also did the f-102s

What a great experience for these veterans to fly once again in their mounts, must have been so many memories for them.

We love all of you GOD BLESS YOU! and thank you from the the bottom of my heart

Great video, utmost respect to these oldschool pilots👍

What a GREAT opportunity for these heroes to relive a piece of their past! Thank you gentlemen for your brave service! God bless you!!!!

It`s great those veterans were given the opportunity to fly "their" Super Sabre one last time..... Those men are heroes! Greetings from Germany :)

It's always nice and wholesome to see veterans fly or drive their vehicles and getting joy from it

Thank you gentlemen for your sterling service to our country.

Kudos to each every one of the pilots that ever flew the plane,alive or deceased,they did a great job and will always be heros to the people they supported.We should never forget their dedication and service.

I remember the days when I was a grunt on the ground during all that junk. It was amazing every time those planes came in, and we were in deep. It was just flat awesome to look up at the noise and see someone zoom over in the most amazing airplane.

i went to Vietnam in may of 1970. the base they sent me to was a little ab on the south china sea. it was Tuy Hoa ab. i had just left the states where i was a crew chief on T-38s. now i found myself being a crew chief on F-100Ds, the lead sled. it was an easy plane to crew, but i hated having to install the drag chute. you had to lay on your back near the aft part of the craft and use your legs to push up on the door to latch. not fun on a hot metal psp surface. but i'd do it again in a heart beat if given another chance.

great great video, thank you for sharing & hats off to our super saber pilots!

The perfect video to watch when you're reading _Boyd the Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War_ Thanks!

That's so cool you got to fly and taxi the entire mission. Awesome guy

Thank you, AOPA, for preserving a bit of the legacy of these gentlemen.

Great video. Great history.

Such an awesome story! Thank you ALL for your sacrifices!

Great video , I was a J57 tech at Phan Rang in 67-68 working on the trim pad . But what I wish I could have done was get a ride in that F100f . Still would love to do that ????