 Kutevera kusimbirira kwomutungamiri weFrance Charles de Gaulle muna 1959 kuti masimba ose asiri echiFrench anokwanisa zvombo zvenyukireya anofanira kubviswa munyika yake, USAF yakatanga kutamisazve mauto ayo okuNorth America ane F-100 kubva kuFrance. 48th TFW yakasiya hwaro hwayo paChaumont-Semoutiers Air Base, France musi wa15 Ndira 1960, ndege dzayo dzakasvika kuLakenheath masikati iwayo. Apo F-100D yokutanga yakamhara panhandare yendege yeLakenheath, kumhara kwacho kwakaratidzira kudzoka kweChifananidzo cheRusununguko Wing. Makore anenge 16 akanga apfuura chifo cheHondo yeNyika II apo Boka rechi48 reHondo reMhepo reNine Air Force rakasvika paRAF Ibsley, England, nokuda kwokupinda muD-Day. 