Recon Sabres-The RF-86F and RF-100A

[Iranian F-14A]

I had a few questions regarding these two aircraft since there doesn't seem to be alot out there on them,esp the RF-100A.

1.Could either one of them carry any type of weapons,self defense or other wise? I know the RF-86F lacked the standard 6x.50 cals of the fighter,but could it carry Sidewinders or air to ground weapons? I assume the RF-100A also lacked the 4x 20mm of the fighter bomber models as well.

2.I believe that only 6 F-100As were converted to RF-100A standard,and at least some of those were later transfered to Taiwan.Does anyone have any pics of the Taiwanese RF-100s?

3.Does anyone have any type of side view drawing or profile of the RF-100A or RF-86F?

 

[Jemiba]

From Angelucci/Bowers a side view of the RF-100A and from Squadron Signal N°126
drawings of the RF-86A and RF-86F. The RF-86A are said to be more or less a stop-gap,
replaced later by modified F-86F, not all of them retained 2 0.5in guns.

 

[Adventurer104]

I had a few questions regarding these two aircraft since there doesn't seem to be alot out there on them,esp the RF-100A.

1.Could either one of them carry any type of weapons,self defense or other wise? I know the RF-86F lacked the standard 6x.50 cals of the fighter,but could it carry Sidewinders or air to ground weapons? I assume the RF-100A also lacked the 4x 20mm of the fighter bomber models as well.

2.I believe that only 6 F-100As were converted to RF-100A standard,and at least some of those were later transfered to Taiwan.Does anyone have any pics of the Taiwanese RF-100s?

3.Does anyone have any type of side view drawing or profile of the RF-100A or RF-86F?

Any updates on the RF-100 since the original post?

 

[iverson]

There were only six of these aircraft. They were intended for high-speed, high-altitude dashes into denied airspace prior to the availability of the U-2. They had no armament, were plumbed for four drop tanks for extra range, and had cabin/systems modifications to support the use of full pressure suits.

A couple of photos and a drawing of a Taiwanese RF-100A can be found on p.83 and on the back cover of Clarence Fu's book F-100: Service History of the RoCAF F-100 (ISBN 957-8628-14-5). He might still have a copy available:

fujingping@gmail.com
Clarence Fu
P.O.Box 112 –129
Taipei, TAIWAN

For more general RF-100A info, try googling. See:

http://www.spyflight.co.uk/f100.htm
http://www.skytamer.com/North_American_RF-100A.html
https://supersabresociety.com/slick-chick-f-100-proceeded-u-2/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6021st_Reconnaissance_Squadron#RF-100A_Slick_Chick
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RF-100A#Project_Slick_Chick
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_fighters/f100_3
http://www.456fis.org/F-100.htm

http://sweetrose.yocumusa.com/duncan/rfsabres.htm

https://fighterwriter101.blogspot.com/2016/02/taiwan-and-rf-101a-voodoo.html