If you have seen photos from the Vietnam War, you have probably seen the F-105 Thunderchief. It continues the trend of "Thunder" in the name of Republic Aviation warplanes (starting with their P ...

They were the “Thud drivers”, the pilots of the Republic F-105 Thunderchief. The F-105 Thunderchief itself was an ambitious aircraft. It’s journalistically and politically indelicate to ...

He continued rolling right on in and blew up when he hit the ground.” The Republic F-105 Thunderchief had a hard life. A lack of reliability and in-flight systems failures plagued its early career.

My as-yet-unformed band will be named for what, in my opinion, is the most satisfyingly designated aircraft in the US Air Force’s inventory, past or present: the F-105 “Thunderchief.” ...

The Republic F-105 Thunderchief, known to its crews as the Thud, was a cornerstone of US Air Force strike capability during the early Cold War and Vietnam War. Designed in the 1950s as a ...

If the F-105 was behind the MiG-21 and the MiG flier didn’t know it, the Thunderchief crew could attempt a high-speed ambush. The U.S. military’s new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter can’t turn ...