As he dropped the fighter’s nose back out of the clouds ... 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 ...

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.” ...

When the Republic F-105 Thunderchief first debuted in 1955 ... positioned at the base of the wings. The jet’s nose, which in most fighters would feature an engine intake, was instead packed ...

Restoration Specialist John Shatz describes how squadron maintenance crews in the Vietnam War came to love a beast like the F-105 Thunderchief ... airspacemag.com The Art of Sausage Making ...