The Snapshots in Time Collection
North American F-100 Super Sabre (Tail Number FW-281 / 42281) in Flight - USAF Publicity Photograph
A North American F-100 Super Sabre, marked FW-281 (serial 42281), photographed in flight against a studio backdrop typical of official Air Force publicity imagery. The F-100 was the U.S. Air Force's first operational fighter capable of level supersonic flight, entering service in the mid-1950s as part of the 'Century Series' of jet fighters. Project: 218217