The Republic F-105 Thunderchief was an American bomber aircraft created to replace the F-84F and was later nicknamed "Thud" ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Thunderchief seems an appropriate eponym for a rock band; the F-105 was a supersonic fighter-bomber capable of hitting Mach 2 speeds. Built by Republic and unveiled in 1955, the Thunderchief was a ...

In 1951 Republic Aviation began a project to develop a supersonic tactical fighter-bomber to replace the F-84F. The result was the F-105 Thunderchief, later affectionately nicknamed the “Thud.” ...

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 ...

"But Gordon's professionalism thoroughly convinced me," Duncan said. The Republic F-105 Thunderchief was first created during the Cold War. Capable of going faster than Mach 2 (1534.54 miles per ...

To honor the Academy, the United States Air Force sent a decommissioned Republic F-105 Thunderchief—a “Thud,” in USAF language—to be placed on permanent display. A dedication ceremony was ...

Joe Schuppe ©Stars and StripesFrankfurt, West Germany, November, 1963: Birds scatter as a U.S. Air Force F ... Thunderchief maneuvered without a vibration or flutter," Grandy noted after Republic ...