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Flying the new supersonic F-100 Super Sabres, the 1st was considered one of
the Tactical Air Command’s (TAC) elite units. TAC was then in the process
of developing inflight refueling capabilities to support long-range deployments
of fighter units. Such complex operations were still very problematic. Mission
aborts, navigational mistakes, communications failures and tanker rendezvous
miscalculations were common. In 1958, Yeager planned and led the first flawless
trans-Atlantic deployment of a jet fighter squadron in TAC history, as all of
the 1st’s F-100s landed together and on schedule at Moron Air Base, Spain.
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