F-100 Super Sabre
A Medium Fighter from the late 1950s. With good agility and a mix of heat-seeking missiles and rocket pods, it is a fierce short-range fighter.
— In-game description
The F-100 Super Sabre is a medium fighter from the late 1950s. With its sleek, swept-wing design and powerful engine, the F-100 provides good agility, allowing pilots to execute sharp turns and evasive maneuvers with ease. Armed with a lethal arsenal of heat-seeking missiles, rocket pods and precision cannons, the F-100 is a formidable adversary in short-range combat, capable of delivering devastating blows to enemy aircraft.
Loadout
The F-100 Super Sabre comes with a mix of ×4 heat-seeking missiles, ×38 light rockets and an internal precision cannon. The F-100 Super Sabre also comes with ×3 flares.
Type | Max Damage (DPS) |
Ideal Range (km) |
Reticle Range (km) |
Spin-up Time (s) |
Spread | Overheat Time (s) |
Ammo | Armor Piercing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Precision cannon | 211 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0 | very low | 5.8 | ∞ | none |
Guidance | Range Type | Range (km) |
Quantity | Damage | Speed (km/h) |
Turn Rate (°/s) |
Lock Angle (°) |
Lock Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heat-seeking missile | Short range | 2.7 | 4 | 75 | 3240 | 15 | 7 | 1.3 |
Type | Range (km) |
Quantity | Damage | Speed (km/h) |
Blast Radius (m) |
Rate of Fire (r/s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Light rocket | 1.5 | 38 | 30 | 3420 | 8 | 9.0 |
Special Ability
The F-100 Super Sabre has a special ability called Gun Cooling. When equipped and triggered, which instantly removes all the heat from any cannons and reduces the overheating rate by 50% for a short period of time. There is a cool down period between uses.
Veteran tips
The F-100 Super Saber, at a low hangar level, has a strong afterburner. Its speed provides an asset in Air Superiority. Its internal precision cannons are particularly strong. If they are to over heat, a pilot can trigger the special ability of Gun Cooling to immediately remove all heat and allow continued fire. Its rocket loadout, although lower quantity, can provide some devastating head-on attacks in the hands of a skilled pilot. It is an all-around performer for dog fighting and Air Superiority. It has just the right amount of durability to provide survivability.
Trivia
The F-100 Super Sabre was the first operational aircraft in United States Air Force inventory capable of exceeding the speed of sound in level flight. In-game, the F-100 Super Sabre appears to be equipped with a pair of LAU-3/A rocket launchers.
Paints
The F-100 Super Sabre has 4 different paints available, including the default.
Name | Unlock requirement | Rarity | Supports Decals | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fighting Fifty-Fifth | Default | Common |
Yes | |
Boneyard | Uncommon |
Yes | ||
Silver Knight | Rare |
No | ||
The Hun | Rare |
Yes |