North American F-100 Super Sabre: Air Force Vietnam War close-air support

aircraft cover with pictorial postmark from Lincoln, NE dated Feb 28, 2021.

Color aircraft image cachet #3053 by Alvin Eckert, USCS #9964. Cover franked with a 6 cent USAF stamp # C-49 and a 55 cent flag stamp.

The F-100 Super Sabre (Hun) was a swept-wing, supersonic single-engine single-seat jet fighter-bomber that conducted bombing missions during the early years of the Vietnam War. 242 aircraft were lost during the war. This aircraft was replaced by the F-4C for MiG CAP, and they served until the war ended in 1971. They logged 360K sorties!  See the aircraft's web pages for details about the design, construction, service, and disposition.

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