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F-100D "Super Sabre"

 
 
F-100D "Super Sabre" Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., November 12, 2008
1. F-100D "Super Sabre" Marker
Inscription.
Manufactured by North American Aviation
Specifications:
Span: 38ft 10in
Length: 54ft 2in
Height: 16ft 2in
Weight: 38,048 lbs max

Armament:
Four M-39 20mm cannons
Seven hard points to carry ordinance:
42x 2.75in rockets 7,500lbs of bombs
Four air to air AIM-9 missiles
2 Bullpup missiles Nuclear centerline

Engine:
One Pratt & Whitney J57P21A - 16,000lbs of thrust with afterburner

Performance:
Max speed: 926.6mph Cruising speed: 590mph
Range: 1,350miles Service ceiling: 55,000ft
Extended range: 1,970miles using four external fuel station.

Flown by the 121st TFW: 1962 - 1974
Active duty tour: The Pueblo Incident 26 Jan 1968 - 16 June 1969
 
Erected by Ohio Air National Guard.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Air & Space. A significant historical date for this entry is June 16, 1969.
 
Location. 39° 48.888′ N, 82° 56.798′ W. Marker is near Columbus, Ohio, in Franklin County. It is in South Columbus. Marker is on Rickenbacker Drive, on the right when traveling east. Marker is in aircraft static display park just inside main gate of Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base (off Second Street), at Rickenbacker International Airport. Access is
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restricted due to location on a military base. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 7372 Zistel St, Columbus OH 43217, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. A-7D "Corsair II" (a few steps from this marker); F-84F "Thunderstreak" (a few steps from this marker); Captain Eddie Rickenbacker (approx. 0.6 miles away); Tuskegee Airmen (approx. 0.6 miles away); Historic Lockbourne (approx. 1.2 miles away); Ohio-Erie Canal and Locks / The Columbus Feeder Canal (approx. 1.4 miles away); a different marker also named Ohio-Erie Canal and Locks / The Columbus Feeder Canal (approx. 1.4 miles away); Lockbourne Veterans' Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Columbus.
 
Additional commentary.
1. Spelling on the marker
The spelling of Ordinance has been taken verbatim from the marker rather than the word Ordnance.
    — Submitted March 10, 2021.
 
F-100D "Super Sabre" and Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., November 12, 2008
2. F-100D "Super Sabre" and Marker
A-7D in center and F84-F to right. Rickenbacker Air Force Base marker at base of flagpole.
F-100D "Super Sabre" image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., November 12, 2008
3. F-100D "Super Sabre"
Rickenbacker Air Force Base Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., November 12, 2008
4. Rickenbacker Air Force Base Marker
Lockbourne Air Force Base renamed after death of Columbus native and World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 22, 2008, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,418 times since then and 7 times this year. Last updated on March 10, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 22, 2008, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.

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