Beautiful aircraft IMHO! Check out the group landing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjnV3k6J4Nw

I wish the Angels still flew it.

Imagine what could have been if the Super
tiger had been adopted.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/..._F11F-1F_Super_Tiger

Faster than an F16 in the 60's!!!

My dad flew with them in the late 50's-early 60's in the F100. I have a portrait size framed pic. of them flying over the grand canyon in formation + signed to my dad from the wing commander.

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My dad flew with them in the late 50's-early 60's in the F100

Not in the US Navy? That would be the USAF Thunderbirds.

Talk about brass balls! Just BEING a Hun driver was dangerous enough........

Probably saw your dad back in the late 50's at England, AFB, La in the F 100 My uncle was stationed there for several years. Saw the Thunderbirds quite a few times while I was active duty AF. Never had the chance to see the Blue Angles.

Jorge is correct. The F100 was an Air Force platform.

Interesting note about the Navy's Grumman F11 Tiger, though. It was operational for slightly less than 4 years and only 200 were made. It was superseded, operationally, by the F8 Corsair.

In any event, pilots who ultimately qualify to fly modern day strike aircraft, regardless of service, are a special bunch, indeed. God Bless them.