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    Airframe Family: Republic F-84
    Latest Model:F-84F-40-RE Thunderstreak
    Last Military Serial:52-6526 USAF
    Compressed ID:General Motors-Fisher Body F-84F-40...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-84F-40-RE by General Motors-Fisher Body at Kansas, City, Missouri.

    Circa 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-6526.

    Transferred to 405th Fighter Bomber Wing, Langley AFB, VA.

    Transferred to 401st Fighter Bomber Group, England AFB, LA.

    1957

    Transferred to 166th Fighter Squadron (121st Tactical Fighter Wing), Ohio ANG, Youngstown, OH.

    Circa 1960


    Photographer: Lt. Col. Charles (Charlie) Jarrett

    1962

    Transferred to USAF 366th Fighter Bomber Wing, Chaumont-Semoutiers Air Base, France.

    Circa 1965

    Transferred to 162nd Fighter Squadron, Ohio ANG, Springfield, OH.

    During its career, it served in England, Greece, Alaska and the continental United States. In 1961 it participated in the mass deployment of 200 fighters across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe in response to the Berlin situation. (NMUSAF).

    1970

    To United States Air Force Museum, Patterson Field (East Side), Dayton, OH.
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    1970

    Ferry flight.
    Flown to Wright Field for storage until new museum opened.

    August 1971

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    4 December 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    6 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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