If you know anything about Republic Aviation, it's because of one of two airplanes. Either the hellfire raining, 30-mm autocannon sporting A-10 Warthog, or because of its plucky forbearer, the P-47 ...

An F-84E attacks a ground target with rockets. In Korea, the F-84 was outclassed by the MiG-15 in dogfights, but was prized for bombing rail lines, troops, and vehicles. National Museum of the USAF A ...

Back in 1944, in the closing stages of the Second World War, America started developing a turbojet fighter bomber. It was called Republic F-84 Thunderjet, but it would not be ready for its first ...

A time line of all the jets flown by the Thunderbirds. F-84G Thunderjet (1953-1954) Though it couldn’t exceed the speed of sound, the F-84G was deemed well-suited for aerobatic and demonstration ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Thunderjets stationed in Europe, meanwhile, became the first single-engine aircraft modified to deliver a nuclear weapon—the 1,680-pound Mark 7 nuclear bomber with an ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The F-84 wasn’t as sophisticated as its younger, faster brother, the legendary F-86 sabre – but it had incredible firepower, and was an incredible ground-attack ...