Perhaps joy. Certainly controlled fear. But not sadness. On that day, however, as his Republic F-105 Thunderchief fighter/bomber reached velocities upward of Mach 1.8, Pachura speculated that it ...

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 ...

Examples: Mikoyan MiG-21F, Sukhoi SU-9, Lockheed F-104 Starfighter (interceptors), and Republic F-105 Thunderchief and Sukhoi SU-7B (fighter-bombers) (ii) the aircraft could now carry a much wider ...

Not 50 years after Fokkers flew in World War I, Drago serviced Republic F-105 Thunderchief and Convair F-106 Delta Dart fighters in Vietnam — planes with maximum speeds above 1,300 mph.

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO)—The Aviation Heritage Park has started assembling the F-105 Thunderchief, which arrived from Texas last week. The Vietnam-era fighter jet, known as the “Thud,” was ...

“She’s a Republic F-105F Thunderchief,” said Pitchford ... For Vietnam War veterans and aircraft enthusiasts, the F-105 holds a special place. Known as a “Supersonic Locomotive ...

In the early years of the Cold War, both the United States and the Soviet Union were engineering and producing new fighter jets and bombers at a historic rate. The Korean War saw the first combat ...

Some (such as the F-104 Starfighter) were prone to accidents while others such as the (Republic F-105 Thunderchief) had to be pulled from service because of appalling shoot-down rates. The Air Force ...

The Czech Republic has signed an agreement to purchase its first 24 F-35 Lightning II fighter jets, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) announced. The signed a letter of offer and acceptance (LOA ...