A successful high-altitude bomber and America's leading fighter in the ground-attack role, the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt ...

Today marks the 84th anniversary of the first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, which took to the skies on May 6, 1941. Known affectionately as the "Jug," the P-47 proved to be one of the ...

Nicknamed "Jug," Republic's P-47 Thunderbolt was one of the most famous ... aircraft were built with metal-framed "greenhouse"-type cockpit canopies. Late D series (dash 25 and later) aircraft ...

Today, the P-47’s legacy lives on in the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II ... of titanium armor plating surrounding the pilot and cockpit, the A-10 is able to resist 23mm cannon ...

The Mustang may get all the glory, but if you were lucky enough to talk to an American Second World War pilot, they'd likely tell you they preferred the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. But even the P ...

NASM In the skies high above Germany on November 26, 1943, Major Gabby Gabreski was pushing his Republic P-47 Thunderbolt hard. The 56th Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Air Forces had been ordered ...

But when AirCorps Aviation of Bemidji, Minnesota, unveiled a fully-restored Republic P-47D Thunderbolt ... edition P-47, i.e., with a distinguishing raised fairing behind the cockpit, manufactured ...

and Lockheed's P-38 did indeed bring the "Lighting," Republic Aviation's P-47 Thunderbolt was precisely what its name implied. To the U.S. Army Air Forces (AAF), these three planes comprised its ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — The arrival of the world-famous P-47 Thunderbolt, Tarheel Hal, to Evansville has been delayed. David Arthur, with the Evansville P-47 foundation, confirmed the delay ...

Pilots nicknamed early-model P-47 Thunderbolts the “Razorback,” a reference to the chunky fighter... The Thunderbolt was heavy, powerful, and powerfully armed. It could also take a beating and ...