North American F-100 Super Sabre - Variants

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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