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Re:Status of F-35 – Senate Armed Services Committee Statemen... by _Codemonkeyism on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @04:49AM (#11618938)
"It was late, so he ended up flying the F-100."
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Re:Status of F-35 – Senate Armed Services Committee Statemen... by hga on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @06:34AM (#11619351)
From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sab...):

Adapted as a fighter bomber, the F-100 was supplanted by the Mach two class F-105 Thunderchief for strike missions over North Vietnam. The F-100 flew extensively over South Vietnam as the air force's primary close air support jet until being replaced by the more efficient subsonic LTV A-7 Corsair II.

And this was mentioned in passing in Clashes.

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