My dad attended the USAF Fighter Weapons School's "William Tell" competition in the summer of 1962. It was at Nellis AFB, so we spent that summer in Las Vegas. I was 7, so the glamor (faux or otherwise) of it all was completely lost on me.
The competition was in 3 categories: air-to-air gunnery, delivery of high-explosive bombs, and delivery of nuclear bombs. My dad won the latter two categories and finished 2nd in the first one.
The technique for an F-100 to deliver a nuclear bomb was to approach the target fast and low, then pitch up and release the bomb. The bomb would go on a ballistic trajectory and detonate at the proper altitude. The pilot would continue his own climb into a half-loop, with a half-roll at the top--so, an Immelmann--then kick in afterburner, dive down to low level, and hope to get far enough away from the blast to survive.
So, my dad was best in his class at that.