This is the history of fighter aircraft that transitioned the
United States Air Force into the supersonic era. By 1952, fighter
designations that started with the Curtiss P-1 in 1923, reached the
century mark with the North American F-100 - thus the term Century
Series. This occurred at the very point where operational fighters
could exceed the speed of sound. The useful lives of the six
century series aircraft that saw operational service were long and
varied - one performing its military role almost fifty years after
its prototype first took to the air. Even today, current production
fighters barely surpass the speeds and altitudes at which these
aircraft flew. The Century Series story is also one that moves past
their initial operational period and into the war in Vietnam. This
book includes first-hand accounts by the men who flew intercept
missions in the F-102 and F-106. See what it was like to fly
reconnaissance in the F-101, Wild Weasel F-100 sorties, and bombing
runs in Southeast Asia in an F-105. Experience the tension of a
night refueling in an F-100 or the exhilaration of strapping on an
F-104 for a flight beyond Mach 2. This is their story; a chronicle
of the men, machines and ideas that set the standard for a
half-century of fighter development - a must read for aviation
enthusiasts.
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