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United States Air Force Thunderbirds flying the Republic F-84F Thunderstreak in 1955
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United States Air Force Thunderbirds flying the Republic F-84F Thunderstreak in 1955
(U.S. Air Force photo)
Republic XF-84H Thunderstreak USAF 51-17059 FS-059 by Chris Murkin Via Flickr: Republic XF-84H Thunderstreak USAF 51-17059 FS-059 Photo Taken at USAF National Museum Wright-Patterson Base Dayton Ohio HAC_6248
Warlord Photo File from Warlord No. 411, dated 7 August 1982. The Republic RF-84F Thunderflash. It states in the text it was a development of the Thunderjet but reading up on it shows it was really a variant of the later Thunderstreak.
Confusingly the Thunderjet and the Thunderstreak were both known as the F-84 (the Thunderstreak being the F-84F) but were quite different planes.
The Thunderflash was given the added 'R' prefix for 'Reconnaissance' and had loads of cameras. Other than that I don't know very much about these planes. Although they were used by various NATO forces I would say in the UK this family of jets aren't that well known.
Photo by P. H. Lee.
Below is a 1974 ad for the Airfix model kit of the Thunderstreak.
DC Thomson.
Thunderstruck (d. mclaren)
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1953-2023 “ 70 years USAF Thunderbirds “ In 1953, after deactivating the “Acrojets” due to the Korean War effort, the US Air Force activated a new aerobatic flight demo team named the “Thunderbirds” after the mythical creature known by many American indigenous cultures. The team flew subsonic F-84G Thunderjets. In 1954, the USAF turned to Rolex to provide the team with good pilot wrist watches and Rolex suggested their revolutionary designed 36 mm stainless steel Turn-O’Graph 6609 with rotational bezel. However, after a long duty tour with the demo team, many pilots were issued a Gold Datejust version. Rolex aligned themselves with the Thunderbirds in their promotional materials, and nicknamed their Datejust Turn-O-Graph the ‘Thunderbird’, placing the team’s emblem directly on the dial at six o’clock position. Between 1955-1957 NASA astronaut William Pogue was Thunderbirds team member and wore his Gold Datejust during NASA training for Apollo & Skylab programs. This photo shows US Air Force Captain Herman Griffin wearing a Gold Datejust 6605 during the 1958 season... 65 years ago! (Photo: USAF)
An F-84F on the ramp at Moffett Field, California, 16 September 1954
Inspired by a photo shoot done when Marilyn Monroe visited troops in Korea on 1954, Romain Hugault drew his take on the event on his characteristic wonderful style. 63 years after the photo, the son of Lt. Elihu Channin, pilot of the featured Thunderstreak, identified his father’s plane, and put the artist and the airman in contact. I was sat just to her left at dinner. She was very pleasant and sweet. We had very good steaks!
Republic XF-84H Thundersceech (Sn 51-17059) Buzz # (FS-059) Was an Experimental Turboprop Aircraft Derived from the F-84F Thunderstreak - Powered by a Turbine Engine with a Supersonic Propeller. Was Contender for the Worlds' Loudest Aircraft