Variants
- YF-100A
- Prototype, Model NA-180 two built, s/n 52-5754 and 5755.
- YQF-100
- Nine test unmanned drone version: two D-models, one YQF-100F F-model,see DF-100F, and six other test versions.
- F-100A
- Single-seat day fighter; 203 built, Model NA-192.
- RF-100A ("Slick Chick")
- Six F-100A aircraft modified for photo reconnaissance in 1954. Unarmed, with camera installations in lower fuselage bay. Used for overflights of Soviet Bloc countries in Europe and the Far-East. Retired from USAF service in 1958, the surviving four aircraft were transferred to the Republic of China Air Force and retired in 1960.
- F-100B
- See North American F-107
- F-100BI
- Proposed interceptor version of F-100B, did not advance beyond mock-up.
- F-100C
- Seventy Model NA-214 and 381 Model NA-217. Additional fuel tanks in the wings, fighter-bomber capability, probe-and-drogue refueling capability, uprated J57-P-21 engine on late production aircraft. First flight: March 1954; 476 built.
- TF-100C
- One F-100C converted into a two-seat training aircraft.
- F-100D
- Single-seat fighter-bomber, more advanced avionics, larger wing and tail fin, landing flaps. First flight: 24 January 1956; 1,274 built.
- F-100F
- Two-seat training version, armament decreased from four to two cannon. First flight: 7 March 1957; 339 built.
- DF-100F
- This designation was given to one F-100F that was used as drone director.
- NF-100F
- Three F-100Fs used for test purposes, the prefix "N" indicates that modifications prevented return to regular operational service.
- TF-100F
- Specific Danish designation given to 14 F-100Fs exported to Denmark in 1974, in order to distinguish these from the 10 F-100Fs delivered 1959–1961.
- QF-100
- Another 209 D and F models were ordered and converted to unmanned radio-controlled FSAT (Full Scale Aerial Target) drone and drone directors for testing and destruction by modern air-to-air missiles used by current U.S. Air Force fighter jets.
- F-100J
- Unbuilt all-weather export version for Japan.
- F-100L
- Unbuilt variant with a J57-P-55 engine.
- F-100N
- Unbuilt version with simplified avionics.
- F-100S
- Proposed French-built F-100F with Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan engine.
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