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2012-11-18

Video: "Republic F-84 Thunderjet"




by airboyd
Excerpt from Look To The Skies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlRqBFxgRjU
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_F-84_Thunderjet
The Republic F-84 Thunderjet was an American turbojet fighter-bomber aircraft. Originating as a 1944 United States Army Air Forces proposal for a "day fighter", the F-84 flew in 1946. Although it entered service in 1947, the Thunderjet was plagued by so many structural and engine problems that a 1948 Air Force review declared it unable to execute any aspect of its intended mission and considered cancelling the program. The aircraft was not considered fully operational until the 1949 F-84D model and the design matured only with the definitive F-84G introduced in 1951. In 1954, the straight-wing Thunderjet was joined by the swept-wing F-84F Thunderstreak fighter and RF-84F Thunderflash photo reconnaissance aircraft.

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