Project High Wire

See also Project High Wire upgrades on F-100s
F-100D Super Sabre, ser. no. 56-3417, High Wire Modification F-100D-86-NH, restored and on display at Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum, Denver, Colorado

Project High Wire was a United States Air Force (USAF) modernization programme for selected North American Aviation F-100C, D and F Super Sabres that were still in active inventory. It consisted of two detailed modification groups: significant electrical rewiring upgrade, and heavy aircraft maintenance and IRAN (inspect and repair as necessary) upgrade. These upgrades began in 1962.[1]

Rewiring upgrade operation consisted of replacing old wiring and harnesses with improved maintainable designs while heavy maintenance and IRAN included new kits, modifications, standardized configurations, repairs, replacements and complete refurbishment.[2]

  1. ^ Baughers F-100F History
  2. ^ Federal Aviation Administration (2013). Civil Airworthiness Certification: Former Military High-Performance Aircraft. Washington, D.C.: Federal Aviation Administration. pp. 3–15.