The F-105's Development and Design In the early 1950s, Republic Aviation aimed to succeed its F-84F Thunderstreak with a supersonic fighter bomber optimized for nuclear strikes. The Thunderchief ...

While not as prestigious as some of its fellow aircraft from the same era, the F-105 Thunderchief was a huge contributor on the U.S. side in the Vietnam War.

Three Air Force F-105 Thunderchief aircraft en route to bomb military targets in Vietnam pull up to a flying Air Force “gas station,” January 1966. The refueling aircraft is an Air Force KC ...

Even more so than the F-104 Starfighter, the F-105 Thunderchief was what most Americans visualized when they heard the term “Jet Fighter” in the 1960’s. The Thunderchief looked the part of a ...

F-105 Thunderchief: A Short History As the stable of unflattering nicknames suggest, pilots did not fully embrace the F-105. At least not at first. Although gradually, the F-105 began to win ...

But in fact, the F-105 — like the F-35 — turned too slowly to reliably beat the Russian-made MiG-21, the Thunderchief’s main potential rival at the time.

Object Details Manufacturer Republic Aviation Corporation Physical Description Single-seat, single-engine, jet, fighter/bomber; USAF. Summary The F-105 was designed as a supersonic, single-seat, ...

The Republic F-105 Thunderchief — which was also known as the "Thud," according to the United States Air Force — is fighter-bomber, meaning that it can shoot down other aircraft, and drop ...

F-105 Walkaround Restoration Specialist John Shatz describes how squadron maintenance crews in the Vietnam War came to love a beast like the F-105 Thunderchief. Twice a day, almost every day, the ...