The Republic F-84F Thunderstreak is an American

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-powered

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. The RF-84F Thunderflash is variant of the F-84F that was designed for

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. The design was originally intended to be a relatively simple upgrade to the

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to make it more competitive with the

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, differing largely in the use of a swept-wing and tail. Given the small number of changes, it was assigned the next model letter in the F-84 series, F. The prototypes demonstrated a number of performance and handling issues, which resulted in marginal improvement over the previous versions. Production was repeatedly delayed and another run of the straight-wing Thunderjets were completed as the G models. Looking for a clear performance edge compared to the G models, the engine was upgraded to the much more powerful British

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built in the United States as the

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. The larger engine required the fuselage to be stretched into an oval shape and the air intake to be modified. With these and other changes, the design was finally ready to enter production, but only a fraction of the original production systems could be used and the aircraft was effectively a new design. It finally entered service in November 1954, by which time the Sabre had also undergone many upgrades and the Thunderstreak was relegated to the fighter-bomber role. Its time as a front-line design was brief; it began to be moved to secondary roles as early as 1958. F-84Fs were then offered to

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member countries and other allies, who took them up in large numbers. Operators included the

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Royal Danish Air Force The Royal Danish Air Force () (RDAF) is the aerial warfare force of the Kingdom of Denmark and one of the four branches of the Danish Armed Forces. Initially being components of the Army and the Navy, it was made a separate service in 1950. I ...

French Air Force The French Air and Space Force (, , ) is the air force, air and space force of the French Armed Forces. Formed in 1909 as the ("Aeronautical Service"), a service arm of the French Army, it became an independent military branch in 1934 as the Fr ...

West German Air Force The German Air Force (, ) is the aerial warfare branch of the , the armed forces of Germany. The German Air Force (as part of the ) was founded in 1956 during the era of the Cold War as the aerial warfare branch of the armed forces of West Germ ...

Hellenic Air Force The Hellenic Air Force (HAF; , sometimes abbreviated as ΠΑ) is the air force of Greece (''Hellenic'' being the endonym for ''Greek'' in the Greek language). It is considered to be one of the largest air forces in NATO, and is globally placed 1 ...

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Royal Norwegian Air Force The Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) () is the air force of Norway. It was established as a separate arm of the Norwegian Armed Forces on 10 November 1944. The RNoAF's peacetime establishment is approximately 2,430 employees (officers, enlisted ...

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, and for a brief period using ex-French examples, the

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Development

In 1948, a

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version of the F-84 was created with the hope of bringing performance to the level of the

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. The last production F-84E was fitted with a swept tail, a new wing with 38.5 degrees of leading edge sweep and 3.5 degrees of anhedral, and a J35-A-25 engine producing 5,300 pound-force (23.58 kN) of

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.Knaack 1978, p. 42. The aircraft was designated XF-96A. It flew on 3 June 1950 with Oscar P. Haas at the controls. Although the airplane was capable of , the performance gain over the F-84E was considered minor. Nonetheless, it was ordered into production in July 1950 as the F-84F Thunderstreak. The F-84 designation was retained because the fighter was expected to be a low-cost improvement of the straight-wing Thunderjet with over 55 percent commonality in tooling. F-84F Thunderstreak and RF-84F Thunderflash prototypes in flight 1952

F-84F Thunderstreak and RF-84F Thunderflash prototypes in flight 1952

In the meantime, the USAF, hoping for improved high-altitude performance from a more powerful engine, arranged for the British

turbojet engine to be built in the United States as the

. To accommodate the larger engine, YF-84Fs with a British-built Sapphire as well as production F-84Fs with the J65 had a vertically stretched fuselage, with the air intake attaining an oval cross-section. Production delays with the F-84F forced the USAF to order a number of straight-wing F-84Gs as an interim measure. Production quickly ran into problems. Although tooling commonality with the Thunderjet was supposed to be 55 percent, in reality only fifteen percent of tools could be reused. To make matters worse, the F-84F utilized press-forged wing spars and ribs. At the time, only three presses in the United States could manufacture these, and priority was given to the

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bomber over the F-84. The YJ65-W-1 engine was considered obsolete and the improved J65-W-3 did not become available until 1954. When the first production F-84F finally flew on 22 November 1952, it differed from the service test aircraft. It had a different canopy which opened up and back instead of sliding to the rear (a unique design, the canopy was mounted on a pair of hydraulic rams and a pivoted lever arm that allowed it to lift up and backwards while remaining almost level with the fuselage, instead of the more common simple hinged canopy), as well as airbrakes on the sides of the fuselage instead of the bottom of the aircraft. The aircraft was considered not ready for operational deployment due to control and stability problems. The first 275 aircraft, equipped with conventional stabilizer-elevator tailplanes, suffered from accelerated stall

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and poor turning ability at combat speeds. Beginning with Block 25, the problem was improved upon by the introduction of a hydraulically powered one-piece

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. A number of aircraft were also retrofitted with spoilers for improved high-speed control. As a result, the F-84F was not declared operational until 12 May 1954.

Thunderflash

The second YF-84F prototype was completed with wing-root air intakes. These were not adopted for the fighter due to loss of thrust. However, this arrangement permitted placement of cameras in the nose and the design was adopted for the RF-84F Thunderflash reconnaissance version. The first YRF-84F was completed in February 1952. The aircraft retained an armament of four machine guns and could carry up to fifteen cameras. Innovations included computerized controls which adjusted camera settings for light, speed, and altitude, a periscope to give the pilot better visualization of the target, and a voice recorder to let the pilot narrate his observations. Being largely identical to the F-84F, the Thunderflash suffered from the same production delays and engine problems, delaying operational service until March 1954. The aircraft was retired from active duty in 1957, only to be reactivated in 1961, and finally retired from the ANG in 1972. Several modified Thunderflashes were used in the

FICON project The FICON (Fighter Conveyor) program was conducted by the United States Air Force in the 1950s to test the feasibility of a Convair B-36 Peacemaker bomber carrying a Republic F-84F Thunderstreak, Republic F-84 Thunderflash Parasite aircraft, para ...

Design

The Thunderstreak suffered from the same poor takeoff performance as the straight-wing Thunderjet despite having a more powerful engine. In reality, almost 700 pounds-force (3.11 kN) or ten percent of total thrust was lost because the J65 was installed at an angle and its jet pipe was not perfectly straight (in addition to the usual thrust losses from the long jet pipe). On a hot day, of runway were required for takeoff roll.Higham, Robin and Carol Williams. ''Flying Combat Aircraft of USAAF-USAF (Vol.2)''. Rockville, Maryland: Air Force Historical Foundation, 1978. . A typical takeoff speed was . Like the Thunderjet, the Thunderstreak excelled at cruise and had predictable handling characteristics within its performance envelope. Like its predecessor, it also suffered from accelerated stall pitch-up and potential resulting separation of wings from the airplane. In addition,

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in the F-84F were practically unrecoverable and ejection was the only recourse below .

Operational history

Project Run In completed operational tests in November 1954 and found the aircraft to be to USAF satisfaction and considerably better than the F-84G. However, ongoing engine failures resulted in the entire fleet being grounded in early 1955. Also, the J65 engine continued to suffer from

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s when flying through heavy rain or snow. As the result of the problems, the active duty phaseout began almost as soon as the F-84F entered service in 1954, and was completed by 1958. Increased tensions in Germany associated with construction of the

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in 1961 resulted in reactivation of the F-84F fleet. In 1962, the fleet was grounded due to the corrosion of control rods. A total of 1,800

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s were expended to bring each aircraft to full operational capacity. Stress corrosion eventually forced the retirement of ANG F-84Fs in 1971. On 9 March 1955, Lt. Col. Robert R. Scott, in a F-84F Thunderstreak, set a three-hour, 44-minute and 53-second record for the flight from Los Angeles to New York. With the appearance of the

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, which used wing-root mounted air intakes of a similar design to those fitted on the RF-84F, the photorecon variant Thunderflash became known as the ''Thud's Mother''. The earlier F-84A had been nicknamed the "Hog" and the F-84F "Super Hog," the F-105 becoming the "Ultra Hog". In what is probably one of the very few air-to-air engagements involving the F-84F, two Turkish Air Force F-84F Thunderstreaks shot down two Iraqi Il-28 Beagle bombers that crossed the Turkish border by mistake during a bombing operation against Iraqi Kurdish insurgents. This engagement took place on 16 August 1962. The F-84F was retired from active service with the USAF in 1964, and replaced by the

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. The RF-84F was replaced by the RF-101 Voodoo in USAF units, and relegated to duty in the

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. The last RF-84F Thunderflash retired from the ANG in 1971. Three

RF-84Fs that were retired in 1991 were the last operational F-84s.

Variants

;YF-84F: Two swept-wing prototypes of the F-84F, initially designated ''YF-96''. ;F-84F Thunderstreak:

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version with

engine.

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aircraft were equipped with Low-Altitude Bombing System ( LABS) for delivering nuclear bombs. 2,711 built, 1,301 went to

under Mutual Defense Assistance Program (MDAP). ;GRF-84F:25 RF-84Fs were converted to be carried, and launched from the bomb bay of a GRB-36F bomber as part of the

. The aircraft were later redesignated ''RF-84K''. ;RF-84F Thunderflash:Reconnaissance version of the F-84F with intakes relocated to the wing-roots, 715 built. ;RF-84K Thunderflash (FICON): RF-84F with a retractable probe for hookup with carrier GRB-36Ds and tailplanes with marked anhedral, 25 redesignated from RF-84F. ;

XF-84H The Republic XF-84H "Thunderscreech" is an American experimental turboprop aircraft derived from the F-84F Thunderstreak. Powered by a turbine engine that was mated to a supersonic propeller, the XF-84H had the potential of setting the unoffic ...

: Two F-84Fs were converted into experimental aircraft. Each was fitted with an Allison XT40-A-1

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engine of 5,850 shaft horsepower (4,365 kW) driving a

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propeller. Ground crews dubbed the XF-84H the ''Thunderscreech'' due to its extreme noise output. ;YF-84J: Two F-84Fs were converted into YF-84J prototypes with enlarged nose intakes and a deepened fuselages for the

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engine; the YF-84J reached Mach 1.09 in level flight on 7 April 1954. The project was cancelled due to the excessive cost of converting existent F-84Fs.

Operators

; *

- 197 x F-84F, 34 x RF-84F operated from 1955.Stafrace 2014, pp. 32–33. ; *

- 23× RF-84F received, in service from 1957 to 1971.Schrøder, Hans (1991). "Royal Danish Airforce". Ed. Kay S. Nielsen. Tøjhusmuseet, 1991, p. 62. . ; *

- 328 F-84Fs and 88 RF-84Fs received from 1955.Stafrace 2014, p. 37. ; *

- 450 F-84Fs and 108 RF-84Fs received.Stafrace 2014, p. 42. In service from 1956 to 1966.Stafrace 2014, p. 47. ; *

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; *

- 18 French F-84Fs along with their pilots were temporarily transferred to the IAF during the

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. ; *

- operated 194 Republic F-84F Thunderstreak and 78 RF-84F Thunderflash from 1956 until 1974 ; *

(180× F-84F, 24× RF-84F 1955–1970) ; *

(35× RF-84F 1956–1970) ; *

- About 25 RF-84Fs operated from 1954.Stafrace 2014, p. 67. ; *

; *

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(1496× F-84F, 388× RF-84F 1952–1972)

Accidents and incidents

* On 7 July 1954, one F-84F of a flight of four en route to

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in Austin, TX, crashed into the

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business district shortly after departing

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, Kansas City, KS. 2nd Lt. John H. Kapeles, pilot, assigned to the 27th Fighter Escort Wing, died in the crash. Three civilians died on the ground when the plane crashed onto their homes. The plane had just come off the General Motors Fairfax Assembly Plant production line and had been test flown. Eyewitnesses reported that the plane plunged at a high speed toward the ground after the flight had banked toward the west from the east. The three remaining planes returned to

. * On 9 December 1955, a USAF F-84F on an instrument training flight from RAF Sculthorpe in

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experienced a

and the pilot ejected. The aircraft crashed into

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. The crash killed one patient and injured seven others. * On 4 April 1957, the USAF Captain Richard W. Higgins died after a low ejection near the

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. He was flying one of the first F-84Fs of the

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. * On 1 August 1960, Captain Finn Erik Andersen of the

flying F-84F Thunderflash registration T3-S crashed into the Styggmann peak of

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in Southern Norway. The pilot was killed. As of 2023, some wreckage remains on the mountain. * On 20 November 1960 a F-84F Thunderstreak of the

crashed at 7:50pm into a farm in between Wjelsryp and

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, the

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. The pilot and the family of six people who lived at the farm were all killed. The farm was destroyed and burned down and the

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was killed. * On 14 September 1961, two

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F-84Fs of the West

crossed into

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due to a navigational error, eventually landing at

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, evading a large number of

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fighter aircraft. The event came at a historically difficult time during the

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, one month after the construction of the

."Strauss-Befehl: Bier-Order 61".
''

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'', 9 May 1962. Retrieved: 30 November 2010. * On 28 January 1962, the USAF Lieutenant Donald Slack died after striking a (ASL) mountain in central France in his F-84F of the New Jersey Air National Guard. The book ''Stranger to the Ground'' by

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was dedicated to him.

Aircraft on display

Belgium

;F-84F Thunderstreak * 52-6584 – FU-197, Balen-Keiheuvel Aerodrome * 52-7169 – FU-30,

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* 53-6677 – FU-66,

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* 53-6888 – FU-177, Leopoldsburg/Beverlo Airfield ;RF-84F Thunderflash * 51-1922 – FR-27 Gate Guardian at the Aerodrome Spa-La Sauveniere Airport. * 51-1945 – FR28,

Denmark

;RF-84F * C-581 – Flyvestation Karup Historiske Forening Museet, Karup * C-264 – Danish Collection of Vintage Aircraft, Skjern

France

;F-84F * Unknown –

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. * Tactical number 4-SA -

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in Montandé hamlet.

Germany

;F-84F Thunderstreak * tactical number BF-106 – Luftwaffenmuseum Gatow -

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. * tactical number DD-313 – Luftwaffenmuseum Gatow - Militärhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow. * tactical number DE 254 (s.n.51-1702) – Flugausstellung Peter Junior, Hermeskeil. * tactical number BF 105 (s.n.52-6778) – Flugausstellung Peter Junior, Hermeskeil. * tactical number DC-101 - behind main gate, inside Büchel AB, Büchel. ;RF-84F Thunderflash * tactical number EB-344 – Luftwaffenmuseum Gatow - Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr. * tactical number EA 241 (s.n.52-7663) – Flugausstellung Peter Junior, Hermeskeil.

Greece

;F-84F Thunderstreak * tactical number 26595 - Hellenic Air Force Museum (Μουσείο Πολεμικής Αεροπορίας) * tactical number 37050 - Larissa air base ;RF-84F Thunderflash * tactical number 17-011 (s/n 51-17011 - ex-Luftwaffe) - Hellenic Air Force Museum (Μουσείο Πολεμικής Αεροπορίας) ;F-84F Thunderstreak * tactical number unknown - Rentina Agrafon (Ρεντίνα Αγράφων).

Italy

;F-84F * 53-6892 –

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Vigna di Valle ''Vigna'' is a genus of plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, with a pantropical distribution.Aitawade, M. M., et al. (2012)Section ''Ceratotropis'' of subgenus ''Ceratotropis'' of ''Vigna'' (Leguminosae–Papilionoideae) in India with a new ...

near Rome. * D1003 -

Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci in Milan, dedicated to painter and scientist Leonardo da Vinci, is the largest science and technology museum in Italy. It was opened on 15 February 1953 and inaugurated by prime minister of ...

, Milan ;RF-84F Thunderflash * 52-7458 – Italian Air Force Museum, Vigna di Valle. * 52-7456 - private display of P.i.p. Lido, Via Roma Destra, 30016 Venice.

Netherlands

;F-84F * 52-7174 - P-119, On display in front of the JTAC school in Schaarsbergen. * 52-7185 - P-134, in storage at ROCvA Airport College,

Hoofddorp Hoofddorp (; ) is the main town of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer, in the province of North Holland, the Netherlands. In 2021, the population was 77,885. The town was founded in 1853, immediately after the Haarlemmermeer had been drained. Hi ...

* 53-6582 - P-229, Stored at

Reek Reek may refer to: Places * Reek, Netherlands, a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant * Croagh Patrick, a mountain in the west of Ireland nicknamed "The Reek" People * Nikolai Reek (1890–1942), Estonian military commander * Salme Reek ...

; painted as P-312. * 53-6584 - P-248, Gate Guard at

Volkel Air Base Volkel Air Base () is a military airbase used by the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) - Dutch: ''Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu)'', located near the village of Volkel, Netherlands. Located in the north-east corner of the province of North Braban ...

. * 53-6600 - P-254, in storage at

Nationaal Militair Museum The Nationaal Militair Museum (NMM) is a military museum in Soesterberg, Netherlands. It focuses on the history of the Dutch Armed Forces with emphasis on the Royal Netherlands Army and the Royal Netherlands Air Force. The Stichting Koninklijke D ...

Soesterberg Soesterberg is a town in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Soest, and lies about 5 km northeast of Zeist, on the road between Amersfoort and Utrecht. It was the location of Soesterberg Air Base History T ...

* 53-6604 - P-224, Stored at

. * 53-6612 - P-226, on display at Nationaal Militair Museum, Soesterberg * 53-6726 - P-230, Nose section only; stored at Nationaal Militair Museum, Soesterberg. * 53-6742 - P-231, Gate Guard at

Eindhoven Air Base Eindhoven Airport is an international airport located west of Eindhoven, Netherlands. In terms of the number of served passengers, it is the second largest airport in the Netherlands, with 6.8 million passengers in 2023. The airport is used by ...

. * 53-6916 - P-191, Gate Guard at

Gilze-Rijen Air Base Gilze-Rijen Air Base (, ) is a military airbase in the south of Netherlands. It is known for having the hottest temperature ever measured in the Netherlands, with a temperature of 40.7 °C, on July 25, 2019. It is between the cities of Bred ...

. ;RF-84F * 51-11253 - TP-19, in storage at Nationaal Militair Museum, Soesterberg * 53-7644 - FR31, ex.

. Now displayed as P-7 at Schaarsbergen.

Norway

;RF-84F Thunderflash * 51-17055 – T3-H, Restored to original bare aluminium scheme, Air Force Training Center, Kjevik. * 51-17045 – T3-N, AZ-N,

Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola (Sola Aviation Museum) is an aviation museum located at Stavanger Airport, Sola, near Stavanger, Norway. The museum was founded in 1984 and is run by local volunteers. Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola went into cooperation w ...

Stavanger Airport, Sola Stavanger Airport (; ), commonly known simply as Sola, is an international airport located in Rogaland county, Norway. The airport is located southwest of the centre of the city of Stavanger inside the neighboring municipality of Sola an ...

, near

Stavanger Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the ...

. * 51-17047 – AZ-A,

Norwegian Aviation Museum The Norwegian Aviation Museum () was opened by King Harald V on May 15, 1994. It is the Norwegian national museum of aviation and also the largest aviation museum in the Nordic countries, covering around . Situated in the town of Bodø, in Bodø ...

, Bodø (Nose section only). * 51-17053 – AZ-G, Forsvarets flysamling Gardermoen,

Oslo Airport, Gardermoen Oslo Airport () , alternatively referred to as Oslo Gardermoen Airport or simply Gardermoen, is an international airport serving Oslo, the capital and most populous city of Norway. The airport is the second largest in Scandinavia and the Nord ...

near

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

. * 52-8723 – AZ-X,

Sandefjord Airport, Torp Sandefjord Airport, Torp (; ) is a minor international airport located northeast of Sandefjord and south of Oslo in Norway. The airport features a runway aligned 18/36. Torp partially serves as a regional airport for Vestfold and in part as a ...

, near

Sandefjord Sandefjord () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Vestfold. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Sandefjord ...

Poland

;F-84F * 52-7157 (Ex-Belgium) –

Polish Aviation Museum The Polish Aviation Museum () is a large museum of historic aircraft and aircraft engines in Kraków, Poland. It is located at the site of the no-longer functional Kraków-Rakowice-Czyżyny Airport. This airfield, established by Austr ...

Kraków , officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...

Russia

;F-84F * ?-3033 (Ex-Belgium) – Technical Museum,

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

Turkey

;F-84F * 52-8733 – Istanbul Aviation Museum * 52-8941 –

Atatürk Airport Atatürk Airport is an airport currently in use for private jets. It used to be the primary international airport of Istanbul and the hub of Turkish Airlines until it was closed to commercial aviation, commercial passenger flights on 6 April ...

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

. ;RF-84F * 51-1860 - Bursa Uludag University * 51-1901 – Istanbul Aviation Museum * 51-1917 – Istanbul Aviation Museum * 51-1924 – (ex-Dutch AF as P-24) TUAF Museum,

Etimesgut Etimesgut, formerly Ahimesut, is a municipality and metropolitan district of Ankara Province, Turkey. Its area is 273 km2, and its population is 614,891 (2022). It mainly consists of large public housing projects, from Ankara city centre. Its ...

United Kingdom

;F-84F * 52-6541 – North East Land, Sea and Air Museums, Sunderland * 52-7133 -

Bentwaters Cold War Museum Royal Air Force Bentwaters or more simply RAF Bentwaters, now known as Bentwaters Parks, is a former Royal Air Force station about northeast of London and east-northeast of Ipswich, near Woodbridge, Suffolk in England. Its name was taken fr ...

United States

;XF-84F * 49-2430 –

National Museum of the United States Air Force The National Museum of the United States Air Force (formerly the United States Air Force Museum) is the official museum of the United States Air Force located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, northeast of Dayton, Ohio. The NMUSAF is ...

Dayton, Ohio Dayton () is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of cities in Ohio, sixth-most populous city in Ohio, with a population of 137,644 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Dayton metro ...

;F-84F

* Unknown – On roadside display (private owner) in

Blacksville, West Virginia Blacksville is an Incorporated Town in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 118 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Morgantown metropolitan area. The Town of Blacksville has a C1 Census Class Code which indi ...

. * 51-1386 –

Barksdale Global Power Museum The Barksdale Global Power Museum (formerly, the 8th Air Force Museum) is an aviation museum run by the United States Air Force on Barksdale Air Force Base near Bossier City, Louisiana. Hosted by the 2nd Bomb Wing, it maintains a large collect ...

Barksdale AFB Barksdale Air Force Base (Barksdale AFB) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, in northwest Louisiana. Much of the base is within the city limits of Bossier City, Louisiana, along the base's western and northwest ...

Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

* 51-1620 –

Empire State Aerosciences Museum The Empire State Aerosciences Museum (commonly referred to as ESAM) is a non-profit museum which strives to "educate, entertain and excite with experiences in air and space". Established in 1984 and chartered by the New York State Department of Ed ...

Glenville, New York Glenville is a town in Schenectady County, New York, United States. It was incorporated in 1821 from Schenectady. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 29,326. Including the village of Scotia, the town of Glenville encompasses the part ...

* 51-1639 – Springfield Downtown Airport,

Springfield, Missouri Springfield is the List of cities in Missouri, third most populous city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County, Missouri, Greene County. The city's population was 169,176 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 censu ...

. * 51-1640 –

Hill Aerospace Museum Hill Aerospace Museum is a military aviation museum located at Hill Air Force Base in Roy, Utah. It is dedicated to the history of the base and aviation in Utah. History Preparations for a museum began in 1984, when ground was broken on an "A ...

Hill AFB Hill Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force (USAF) base located in Davis County, Utah, just south of the city of Ogden, and bordering the Cities of Layton, Clearfield, Riverdale, Roy, and Sunset with its largest border immediately adja ...

Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...

* 51-1659 –

Combat Air Museum The Combat Air Museum is a non-profit aviation museum at Topeka Regional Airport in Topeka, Kansas, United States. The museum is dedicated to the education of the local and regional communities by collecting, preserving, and exhibiting U.S. mili ...

Topeka Regional Airport Topeka Regional Airport , formerly known as Forbes Field, is a joint civil-military public airport owned by the Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority in Shawnee County, Kansas, seven miles south of downtown Topeka, the capital city of Kansas. ...

Forbes Field Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland (Pittsburgh), Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to June 28, 1970. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, the city's Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and the fir ...

Topeka, Kansas Topeka ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeastern Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2020 cen ...

* 51-1713 –

Delta County Airport Delta County Airport is a county-owned public-use airport located southwest of the central business district of Escanaba, a city in Delta County, Michigan, United States. It offers limited commercial service, which is subsidized by the Essen ...

Escanaba, Michigan Escanaba ( ), commonly shortened to Esky, is a port city and the county seat of Delta County in the U.S. state of Michigan, located on Little Bay de Noc in the state's Upper Peninsula. The population was 12,450 at the 2020 census, making it the ...

. * 51-1714 –

Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum The Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum is a museum focusing on aircraft and nuclear missiles of the United States Air Force during the Cold War. It is located near Ashland, Nebraska, along Interstate 80 southwest of Omaha. The objective of ...

Ashland, Nebraska Ashland is a city in Saunders County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 3,262 at th2022 census History Ashland is located at the site of a low-water limestone ledge along the bottom of Salt Creek, an otherwise mud-bottomed stream th ...

* 51-1739 –

Korean War The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was s ...

memorial

South Whitley, Indiana South Whitley is a town in Cleveland Township, Whitley County, Indiana, Cleveland Township, Whitley County, Indiana, Whitley County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 1,751 at the 2010 census. South Whitley is a town in the Midwest ...

* 51-1772 –

Aerospace Museum of California The Aerospace Museum of California is a private non-profit aviation museum located in McClellan, California, outside of Sacramento, California, on the grounds of the former McClellan Air Force Base. History Founded as the Air Force Logistics Mus ...

McClellan, California Sacramento McClellan Airport is a privately-owned, public-use airport located in the unincorporated area of McClellan Park, California, northeast of the central business district of Sacramento, the California state capital. The airport is ...

* 51-1786 – Virginia Air & Space Center in

Hampton, Virginia Hampton is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The population was 137,148 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of cities in Virginia, seve ...

* 51-1797 – Ohio ANG Base in

Springfield, Ohio Springfield is a city in Clark County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is located in southwestern Ohio along the Mad River (Ohio), Mad River, Buck Creek, and Beaver Creek, about west of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus and northeast of ...

. * 51-1817 – Camp Robinson in

Little Rock, Arkansas Little Rock is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Arkansas, most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The city's population was 202,591 as of the 2020 census. The six-county Central Arkan ...

. * 51-1818 – Fairfield MAP in

Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...

. * 51-1822 – Illinois ANG Base in

Springfield, Illinois Springfield is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Illinois. Its population was 114,394 at the 2020 United States census, which makes it the state's List of cities in Illinois, seventh-most populous cit ...

. * 51-9350 –

Air Force Flight Test Center Museum The Air Force Flight Test Museum is an aviation museum located at Edwards Air Force Base near Rosamond, California focused on the history of the Air Force Flight Test Center. History The Flight Test Museum Foundation was founded in 1983 by Caro ...

Edwards AFB Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force installation in California. Most of the base sits in Kern County, but its eastern end is in San Bernardino County and a southern arm is in Los Angeles County. The hub of the base is Edwa ...

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

* 51-9396 –

Holloman AFB Holloman Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base established in 1942 located six miles (10 km) southwest of the central business district of Alamogordo, which is the county seat of Otero County, New Mexico, United States. The ba ...

New Mexico New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...

. * 51-9430 –

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst A joint or articulation (or articular surface) is the connection made between bones, ossicles, or other hard structures in the body which link an animal's skeletal system into a functional whole.Saladin, Ken. Anatomy & Physiology. 7th ed. McGraw- ...

New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...

. False markings of 52-7066 applied. * 51-9432 –

March Field Air Museum The March Field Air Museum is an aviation museum near Moreno Valley, California, Moreno Valley and Riverside, California, located at March Air Reserve Base. History The museum was founded in 1979 as March Air Force Base Museum. One of the first e ...

Riverside, California Riverside is a city in and the county seat of Riverside County, California, United States. It is named for its location beside the Santa Ana River. As of the 2020 census, the city has a population of 314,998. It is the most populous city in th ...

* 51-9433 –

Castle Air Museum Castle Air Museum is a military aviation museum located at Castle Airport in Atwater, California. History Establishment The museum was established in November 1979. The same month a B-17 was delivered to the airport. Ground was broken in Decem ...

Atwater, California Atwater is a city on State Route 99 in Merced County, California, United States. Atwater is west-northwest of Merced, at an elevation of . The population as of the 2020 census was 31,970, up from 28,168 in 2010. Geography Atwater is in north ...

* 51-9444 – Seminole Valley Park in

Cedar Rapids, Iowa Cedar Rapids is a city in Linn County, Iowa, United States, and its county seat. The population was 137,710 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of cities in Iowa, second-most populous city in Iowa. The city lies o ...

. * 51-9451 – Wilson Park in

Granite City, Illinois Granite City is a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States, within the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area. The population was 27,549 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the third-largest city in the Metro East and S ...

. * 51-9480 – American Airpower Museum,

East Farmingdale, New York East Farmingdale is a hamlet and a census-designated place (CDP) located in the Town of Babylon in Suffolk County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 6,617 at the time of the 2020 census. In the ...

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Air Force Armament Museum The Air Force Armament Museum is a military aviation museum adjacent to Eglin Air Force Base in Valparaiso, Florida, dedicated to the display of Air Force armament. It is supported by the private, non-profit Air Force Armament Museum Foundation ...

Eglin AFB Eglin Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) base in the western Florida panhandle, located about southwest of Valparaiso in Okaloosa County. The host unit at Eglin is the 96th Test Wing (formerly the 96th Air Base Wing). The ...

Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

* 51-9501 –

Yankee Air Museum The Michigan Flight Museum, formerly known as the Yankee Air Museum, is an aviation museum located at Willow Run Airport, and in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan. The museum has a small fleet of flying aircraft and a collection of static display air ...

Belleville, Michigan Belleville is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A western suburb of Detroit, Belleville is located roughly southwest of downtown Detroit, and southeast of Ann Arbor, and is completely surrounded by Van Buren Township. A ...

* 51-9514 –

Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Allen County War Memorial Coliseum is a 13,000-seat multi-purpose arena located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, near present-day Johnny Appleseed Park. It opened in 1952 with a construction cost of nearly $3 million. The Allen County Wa ...

in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. * 51-9522 –

Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum is an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit, aviation museum in McMinnville, Oregon. Its exhibits include the Hughes H-4 Hercules (''Spruce Goose'') and more than fifty military and civilian aircraft, unmanned ...

McMinnville, Oregon McMinnville is the county seat of and the most populous city in Yamhill County, Oregon, Yamhill County, Oregon, United States at the base of the Oregon Coast Range. The city is named after McMinnville, Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States cens ...

. * 51-9531 –

Palm Springs Air Museum Palm Springs Air Museum is an aviation museum in Palm Springs, California. The 501(c)(3) nonprofit leases from the city 17 acres abutting Palm Springs International Airport. The museum encompasses five themed hangars, outdoor displays, and a vis ...

Palm Springs, California Palm Springs (Cahuilla language, Cahuilla: ''Séc-he'') is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States, within the Colorado Desert's Coachella Valley. The city covers approximately , making it the largest city in Rivers ...

, formerly at Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum in

Rantoul, Illinois Rantoul is a village in northern Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 12,371 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area. History The community was named after Robert Rantoul, Jr., a ...

* 52-6379 – Wauchula Veteran's Park in Wauchula, Florida. * 52-6385 – VFW Post 2503, Omaha, Nebraska. * 52-6438 – Georgia Veterans State Park in

Cordele, Georgia Cordele is a city in and the county seat of Crisp County, Georgia. The population was 11,165 at the 2010 census, and 10,220 in 2020. Cordele calls itself the watermelon capital of the world. History 19th century Cordele was incorporated on ...

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American Legion The American Legion, commonly known as the Legion, is an Voluntary association, organization of United States, U.S. war veterans headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. It comprises U.S. state, state, Territories of the United States, U.S. terr ...

post #490,

Houston, Texas Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...

* 52-6456 –

Veterans of Foreign Wars The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), formally the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, is an Voluntary association, organization of United States Armed Forces, United States war veterans who fought in wars, Military campaign, campaig ...

post #6791,

West Chicago, Illinois West Chicago is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 25,614 at the 2020 census. It was formerly named Junction and later Turner Junction, after its founder, John Bice Turner, president of the Galena and Chicago Un ...

. * 52-6461 –

Lackland AFB Lackland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located in Bexar County, Texas, United States. The base is under the jurisdiction of the 802d Mission Support Group, Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and an enclave of ...

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

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Mountain Home AFB Mountain Home Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) installation in the western United States. Located in southwestern Idaho in Elmore County, the base is southwest of Mountain Home, which is southeast of Boise via Interstate ...

Idaho Idaho ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain states, Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington (state), ...

. * 52-6476 – Aviation History & Technology Center,

Marietta, Georgia Marietta is a city in and the county seat of Cobb County, Georgia, United States. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 60,972. The 2019 estimate was 60,867, making it one of Atlanta's largest suburbs. Marietta is the fourth largest ...

. * 52-6497 – Iowa Gold Star Museum in

Johnston, Iowa Johnston is a city in Polk County, Iowa, United States. The population was 24,064 in the 2020 census, a large increase from the 8,649 population in 2000. It is part of the Des Moines– West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area. Johns ...

. * 52-6526 –

* 52-6553 – Window on the Plains Museum in

Dumas, Texas Dumas ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Moore County, Texas, United States. The population was 14,501 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located approximately 40 miles north of Amarillo, Texas, Amarillo, the city is named for i ...

* 52-6555 – Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum in

Horsham, Pennsylvania Horsham is a census-designated place in Horsham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 15,193 at the 2020 census. It is home to the Biddle Air National Guard Base at the former site of Naval Air Station ...

* 52-6563 –

Pima Air & Space Museum The Pima Air & Space Museum is an aerospace museum in Tucson, Arizona, US. It features a display of nearly 400 aircraft spread out over on a campus occupying . It has also been the home to the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame since 1991. Overv ...

Tucson, Arizona Tucson (; ; ) is a city in Pima County, Arizona, United States, and its county seat. It is the second-most populous city in Arizona, behind Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix, with a population of 542,630 in the 2020 United States census. The Tucson ...

* 52-6634 – Defense Supply Center Richmond in

Richmond, Virginia Richmond ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), U.S. commonwealth of Virginia. Incorporated in 1742, Richmond has been an independent city (United States), independent city since 1871. ...

. * 52-6701 – Museum of Aviation,

Robins AFB Robins Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation located in Houston County, Georgia, United States. The base is located just east of the city of Warner Robins, south-southeast of Macon and approximately south-southeast ...

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

* 52-6782 – Luke AFB,

Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...

. * 52-6993 –

Wilbur Wright The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were American aviation List of aviation pioneers, pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flyin ...

Birthplace and Museum near Millville, Indiana. * 52-7019 – Cheyenne Municipal Airport in

Wyoming Wyoming ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States, Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho t ...

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England AFB England Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base in Louisiana, located northwest of Alexandria and about northwest of New Orleans. Originally known as Alexandria Army Air Base, on 23 June 1955 the facility was renamed England A ...

. * 52-8837 – Richmond Airport,

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

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South Dakota Air and Space Museum South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...

Ellsworth AFB Ellsworth Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located about northeast of Rapid City, South Dakota, just north of the town of Box Elder. The host unit at Ellsworth is the 28th Bomb Wing (28 BW). Assigned to the Glob ...

South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Dakota people, Dakota Sioux ...

* 52-9089 –

Kansas Aviation Museum The Kansas Aviation Museum is a museum located in Wichita, Kansas, near 31st South and George Washington Blvd. The building, designed by Glen H. Thomas, served as Wichita Municipal Airport's terminal from 1935 to 1954. In February of 2024, the ...

Wichita, Kansas Wichita ( ) is the List of cities in Kansas, most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas, Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 397, ...

;RF-84F Thunderflash * 51-1929 – Neligh, Nebraska. * 51-1944 –

* 51-1948 – Harlan Airport (HNR) in

Harlan, Iowa Harlan is a city and the county seat of Shelby County, Iowa, along the Nishnabotna River, West Nishnabotna River. The population was 4,893 at the time of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History Harlan was platted in 1858. It was nam ...

. * 51-11259 –

Lincoln Air National Guard Base Lincoln most commonly refers to: * Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the 16th president of the United States * Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England * Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S. * Lincoln (na ...

Nebraska Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Ka ...

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(nose section only). * 52-7249 –

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ANG Collection,

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. * 52-7259 –

* 52-7265 – Planes of Fame Museum in

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* 52-7409 – Birmingham ANGB,

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. * 52-7421 –

"RF-84 Thunderflash/52-7421."
''Yankee Air Museum.'' Retrieved: 14 January 2015. * 53-7529 – Berry Field ANGB,

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. * 53-7570 – Enka Middle School,

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. * 53-7595 – American Airpower Museum,

Specifications (F-84F)

Communications Equipment * AN/ARC-33 or 34 command set radio * AN/APX-6 or 6A IFF set * AN/AR-6 radio compass * AN/APW-11 or 11A radar set * AN/APN-21

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Notable appearances in media

, who later wrote the bestseller ''

Jonathan Livingston Seagull ''Jonathan Livingston Seagull'' is an allegorical fable in novella form written by American author Richard Bach and illustrated with black-and-white photographs shot by Russell Munson. It is about a seagull who is trying to learn about flying, ...

'', was an ANG F-84F pilot who was once activated for duty in Europe. His first book, ''Stranger to the Ground'', described in detail what it was like to fly the Thunderstreak in the course of an operational flight at night from England to France in adverse weather. F-84Fs were also used to represent North Korean MiG-15 fighters in the 1958 film version of James Salters' novel "The Hunters", because none of the Soviet fighters were available during the ongoing Cold War for filming. They were painted a flat gray with red star insignia.

References

Notes

Bibliography

* Bowers, Peter M. and Enzo Angellucci. ''The American Fighter''. New York: Orion Books, 1987. . * Donald, David and Lake, Jon, eds. ''Encyclopedia of World Military Aircraft''. London: AIRtime Publishing, 1996. . * Dorr, Robert F. and David Donald. ''Fighters of the United States Air Force''. London: Temple Press Aerospace, 1990. . * Forrer, Frits T. ''The Fun of Flying''. Gulf Breeze, Florida: Holland's Glory, 1992. . * * * Hiltermann, Gijs. "Republic F-84F Thunderstreak." ''Vliegend in Nederland 1'' (in Dutch). Eindhoven, Netherlands: '' Flash Aviation'', 1988. . * Keaveney, Kevin. ''Republic F-84/Swept-Wing Variants (Aerofax Minigraph, No 15)''. London: Aerofax, 1987. . * * Knaack, Marcelle Size. ''Encyclopedia of US Air Force Aircraft and Missile Systems: Volume 1 Post-World War II Fighters 1945–1973''. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History, 1978. . * * Miller, Jay. "Tip Tow & Tom-Tom". ''

Air Enthusiast ''Air Enthusiast'' was a British, bi-monthly, aviation magazine, published by the Key Publishing group. Initially begun in 1974 as ''Air Enthusiast Quarterly'', the magazine was conceived as a historical adjunct to ''Air International'' magaz ...

'', No. 9, February–May 1979, pp. 40–42. . * Stafrace, Charles. ''Republic F-84F Thunderstreak and RF-84F Thunderflash''. Warpaint Series No. 100. Denbigh East, UK: Warpaint Books Ltd., 2014. . * Swanborough, Gordon and Peter M. Bowers. ''United States Military Aircraft Since 1909''. Washington, DC: Smithsonian, 1989. . * ''United States Air Force Museum Guidebook''. Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio: Air Force Museum Foundation, 1975. * Wagner, Ray. ''American Combat Planes, Third Enlarged Edition''. New York: Doubleday, 1982. . * Wilson, Stewart. ''Combat Aircraft since 1945''. Fyshwick, Australia: Aerospace Publications, 2000. . * Pretat, Samuel. "Republic F-84F Thunderstreak & RF-84F Thunderflash.
"Republic F-84F Thunderstreak & RF-84F Thunderflash."
''Editions Minimonde76,'' 2006.

External links

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