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 ...
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 ...
Forged in the heat of innovation and battle-tested in the frigid cold of the Korean War, the F-84 Thunderjet was born from the lineage of the legendary P-47 Thunderbolt, with a mission to become a ...
Some amazing airplanes rolled off the factory floor at Republic Aviation's factory in Farmingdale, New York. Lots of their designs are well known and well celebrated. Like The mighty P-47 Thunderbolt, ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Forward fuselage only. Single-seat, ...
In 1944, Alexander Kartveli, designer of the legendary Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter, began working on a jet-powered successor. Kartveli’s tubby-looking “Jug” proved a tough, hard-hitting ground ...
In 1953, the fragile calm of the Cold War shattered above Europe as a U.S. F-84 Thunderjet met a Soviet MiG-15 in a deadly aerial encounter. This recreation in DCS World brings to life the intensity ...