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    Airframe Family: Republic F-105
    Latest Model:F-105D-10-RE Thunderchief
    Last Military Serial:60-0500 USAF
    Construction Number:D187
    Compressed ID:Republic F-105D-10-RE sn 60-0500 US...
    Latest Owner or Location:Historic Aviation Memorial Museum, Tyler, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-105D-10-RE by Republic at Farmindale, New York, USA.

    20 July 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 60-0500.

    18 October 1961

    To 53rd TFS, 36th TFW, Bitburg AB, West Germany.

    22 June 1965

    Transferred to 49th TFW, Spangdahlem AB, West Germany.

    7 November 1966

    Transferred to 560th TFS, 23rd TFW, McConnell AFB, KS.

    From 1 December 1967 to 22 December 1967

    Deployed to George AFB, CA, for air to air gunnery training for RTU Class 68ER.

    By March 1968

    Transferred to 562nd TFS, 23rd TFW, McConnell AFB, KS.

    From 12 March 1968 to 28 March 1968

    Deployed to George AFB, CA, for air to air gunnery training for RTU Class 68HR.

    By May 1968

    Transferred to 560th TFS, 23rd TFW, McConnell AFB, KS.

    From 14 May 1968 to 29 May 1968

    Deployed to George AFB, CA, for air to air gunnery training for RTU Class 68JR.

    By May 1969

    Transferred to 563rd TFS, 23rd TFW, McConnell AFB, KS.

    15 December 1969

    Converted to Thunderstick II modification.

    7 August 1972

    Transferred to 457th TFS, 506th TFG, AFRES, Carswell AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: TH

    From 14 August 1977 to 27 August 1977

    Deployed to Norvenich, West Germany, under CORONET POKER.

    8 October 1981

    Permanently withdrawn from use.

    After October 1981

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    2 October 1982


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1982 photo at Southwest Aerospace Museum, Fort Worth - of a Republic F-105D Thunderchief

    To Pate Museum of Transportation, Fort Worth, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.
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    1996


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Pate Museum of Transportation, Cresson, TX

    1996


    Photographer: Tom Tessier

    October 2000


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Pate Museum of Transportation, Cresson, TX

    By June 2004

    To Historic Aviation Memorial Museum, Tyler Pounds Field (East Side), Tyler, TX.
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    Loaned to Historic Aviation Memorial Museum, Tyler, TX.

    29 December 2007


    Photographer: Jay Curtiss

    1 August 2014


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Historic Aviation Memorial Museum, Tyler TX.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     F-105 Thunderchiefs: A 29-Year Illustrated Operational History by W. Howard Plunkett
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Aerodata Quantum+
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Peter Nicholson
    Max Sabin
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