I’ve got my rock band’s name picked out; now, I just need the band. 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 ...

The experiment did not go well for the F-105. Encountering a MiG-21, the F-105 crew should try to flee, the testers advised. If the F-105 was behind the MiG-21 and the MiG flier didn’t know it, the ...

Before the Thunderchief ever flew, researchers had already discovered that many early jet aircraft slowed near the speed of sound. The engines were strong enough, but the air resisted them, and drag ...

The Aviation Heritage Park has been chosen by the National Museum of the United States Air Force as the new caretaker of an F-105 F Thunderchief, “one of the most significant aircrafts of the Vietnam ...

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 supersonic ...

Other important helicopters of the war included the CH-47, CH-34, CH-53, OH-6 Cayuse, CH-54, SH-3 and HH-3E (and the Mi-4 for ...

A restored F-105 Thunderchief warplane is being dedicated by the Pacific Coast Air Museum to three aviators who flew similar planes over Vietnam. One of the aviators, Air Force Maj. Cliff Cushman, was ...

Click to open image viewer. The F-105 was designed as a supersonic, single-seat, fighter-bomber capable of carrying nuclear weapons or heavy bomb loads at supersonic speeds. The F-105D variant was an ...

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. — Former F-105 Thunderchief pilots held a reunion at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Nov. 2-5. After approximately 15 years of get-togethers, this reunion ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition - F-105D Thunderchief The Republic F-105 Thunderchief, first flown in 1955 and often known as "Thud" by its ...