Engine: One Pratt & Whitney J57-P-21/21A turbojet, 10,200 lb.st. dry and 16,000 lb.st. with afterburning. Dimensions: Wingspan 38 feet 9 inches, length 50 feet 0 inches, height 16 feet 2 3/4 inches, wing area 400 square feet. Performance: Maximum speed 770 mph at sea level (clean), 864 mph (Mach 1.3) at 36,000 feet (clean). Initial climb rate 19,000 feet/minute. An altitude of 35,000 feet could be attained in 2.3 minutes. Service ceiling 36,100 feet, combat ceiling 47,700 feet, absolute ceiling 50,000 feet. Normal range 534 miles, maximum range 1995 miles. Fuel capacity 1739 US gallons internally, total of 2139 gallons if maximum external fuel is carried. Weights: 21,000 pounds empty, 28,847 pounds gross, 34,832 pounds maximum takeoff. Armament: Four 20-mm Pontaic M-39 cannon. Six underwing pylons for up to 7040 pounds of bombs, fuel tanks, or rockets. A MK-28 or Mk-43/57/61 nuclear weapon could be carried. In later versions, four AIM-9B/E/J Sidewinder air-to-air infrared homing missiles could be carried.
North American F-100 Super Sabre, David A. Anderton, Osprey, 1987
The North American F-100 Super Sabre, Ray Wagner, Aircraft in Profile, 1965.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft Armament, Bill Gunston, Orion, 1988.
United States Military Aircraft Since 1909, Gordon Swanborough and Peter M. Bowers, Smithsonian, 1989.
The American Fighter, Enzo Angelucci and Peter Bowers, Orion, 1987.
Fighters of the United States Air Force, Robert F. Dorr and David Donald, Temple Press Aerospace, 1990.
American Combat Planes, Third Enlarged Edition, Ray Wagner, Doubleday, 1982.
Post-World War II Fighters, 1945-1973, Marcelle Size Knaack, Office of Air Force History, 1986.
E-mail from Jack Daub, who flew MiG CAPs in Vietnam.
E-mail from Michael Stover on F-100D being with 163rd TFS, Indiana ANG.
E-mail from Larry on F-100 experiences.
All info taken from Joe Baughers website.