The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. The largest and most powerful single-engine fighter of WWII wasn’t always a sure bet. In its early days, it suffered from range issues and radio failures, but by April ...

There were few World War 2 fighter aircraft that could match the speed and firepower of America’s top fighters. The ...

Republic Aviation is known for one of two iconic warplanes, the P-47 Thunderbolt of World War II fame, and its burley descendant, the A-10 Thunderbolt II, or the Warthog, ...

Behind Maj. Rayford is the front of a P-47 Thunderbolt with four propellers showing. Credit Line Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the ...