F-100 Super Sabre - USAFNorth American F 100 Super Sabre airplane model. The F 100 was the USAF's first operational aircraft capable of flying faster than the speed of sound (760 mph) in level flight. It made its initial flight on May 25, 1953 and the first production aircraft was completed in October 1953. North American built 2,294 F 100s before production ended in 1959. Designed originally to destroy enemy aircraft in aerial combat, the F 100 later became a fighter