the F-86 Sabre, the F-100 Super Sabre was the first jet of the Century Series—and the first U.S. Air Force fighter to ever reach supersonic speed in level flight. While North American built the ...

North American F-100D Super Sabre The first production aircraft capable of Mach 1 in level flight, the F-100 was largely based on North American’s F-86 Sabre, the MiG-killing star of the Korean War.