The Century Series: The USAF Quest for Air Supremacy, 1950-1960: F-100 O F-101 O F-102 O F-104 O F-105 O F-106

by Ted Spitzmiller

F100 o F101 o F102 o F104 o F105 o F106. 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764340387
• ISBN13: 9780764340383
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.8" x 11.1"