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Republic F-84F Thunderstreak

January 01, 1970

The Republic F-84F Thunderstreak was an American swept-wing turbojet-powered fighter-bomber. The RF-84F Thunderflash was a photo reconnaissance version.

F-84F Thunderstreak
RF-84F Thunderflash
USAF F-84F Thunderstreak
Role Fighter-bomber
Reconnaissance aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Republic Aviation
First flight June 3, 1950
Introduction May 12, 1954
Retired 1972 (US ANG)
1991 (Greece)
Primary users United States Air Force
German Air Force
Italian Air Force
Belgian Air Force
Number built 3,428
Developed from Republic F-84 Thunderjet
Variants Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech

The design was originally intended to be a relatively simple upgrade to the F-84 Thunderjet to make it more competitive with the F-86 Sabre, differing largely in the use of a swept-wing and tail. Given the small number of changes, it was assigned the next model letter in the F-84 series, F. The prototypes demonstrated a number of performance and handling issues, which resulted in marginal improvement over the previous versions. Production was repeatedly delayed and another run of the straight-wing Thunderjets were completed as the G models.

Looking for a clear performance edge compared to the G models, the engine was upgraded to the much more powerful British Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire built in the United States as the Wright J65. The larger engine required the fuselage to be stretched into an oval shape and the air intake to be modified. With these and other changes, the design was finally ready to enter production, but only a fraction of the original production systems could be used and the aircraft was effectively a new design. It finally entered service in November 1954, by which time the Sabre had also undergone many upgrades and the Thunderstreak was relegated to the fighter-bomber role. Its time as a front-line design was brief, it began to be moved to secondary roles as early as 1958.

F-84Fs were then offered to NATO member countries and other allies, who took them up in large numbers. Operators included the Belgian Air Force, Royal Danish Air Force, French Air Force, West German Air Force, Greek Air Force, Italian Air Force, Royal Netherlands Air Force, Royal Norwegian Air Force, Republic of China Air Force, Turkish Air Force, and for a brief period using ex-French examples, the Israeli Air Force.

Development edit

In 1948, a swept wing version of the F-84 was created with the hope of bringing performance to the level of the F-86. The last production F-84E was fitted with a swept tail, a new wing with 38.5 degrees of leading edge sweep and 3.5 degrees of anhedral, and a J35-A-25 engine producing 5,300 pound-force (23.58 kN) of thrust.[1] The aircraft was designated XF-96A. It flew on 3 June 1950 with Oscar P. Haas at the controls.[2] Although the airplane was capable of 602 knots (693 mph, 1,115 km/h), the performance gain over the F-84E was considered minor.[1] Nonetheless, it was ordered into production in July 1950 as the F-84F Thunderstreak. The F-84 designation was retained because the fighter was expected to be a low-cost improvement of the straight-wing Thunderjet with over 55 percent commonality in tooling.[1]

 
YF-84F and YRF-84F prototypes in 1952. Note the early style wing root jet intakes, which were eventually only retained on the RF-84F, due to the need to fit cameras in the nose. The standard F-84F reverted to the original nose intake due to a loss of thrust from the wing root intakes.

In the meantime, the USAF, hoping for improved high-altitude performance from a more powerful engine, arranged for the British Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire turbojet engine to be built in the United States as the Wright J65. To accommodate the larger engine, YF-84Fs with a British-built Sapphire as well as production F-84Fs with the J65 had a vertically stretched fuselage, with the air intake attaining an oval cross-section. Production delays with the F-84F forced the USAF to order a number of straight-wing F-84Gs as an interim measure.[1]

Production quickly ran into problems. Although tooling commonality with the Thunderjet was supposed to be 55 percent, in reality only fifteen percent of tools could be reused.[1] To make matters worse, the F-84F utilized press-forged wing spars and ribs. At the time, only three presses in the United States could manufacture these, and priority was given to the Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber over the F-84.[1] The YJ65-W-1 engine was considered obsolete and the improved J65-W-3 did not become available until 1954. When the first production F-84F finally flew on 22 November 1952, it differed from the service test aircraft. It had a different canopy which opened up and back instead of sliding to the rear (a unique design, the canopy was mounted on a pair of hydraulic rams and a pivoted lever arm that allowed it to lift up and backwards while remaining almost level with the fuselage, instead of the more common simple hinged canopy), as well as airbrakes on the sides of the fuselage instead of the bottom of the aircraft.[1] The aircraft was considered not ready for operational deployment due to control and stability problems. The first 275 aircraft, equipped with conventional stabilizer-elevator tailplanes, suffered from accelerated stall pitch-up and poor turning ability at combat speeds. Beginning with Block 25, the problem was improved upon by the introduction of a hydraulically powered one-piece stabilator. A number of aircraft were also retrofitted with spoilers for improved high-speed control. As a result, the F-84F was not declared operational until 12 May 1954.[1]

Thunderflash edit

 
RF-84F Thunderflash, the reconnaissance version of the F-84F. Note the unique articulation of the canopy, which is mounted on a pair of hydraulic rams and a lever arm, allowing it to automatically pivot up and backwards behind the cockpit.

The second YF-84F prototype was completed with wing-root air intakes. These were not adopted for the fighter due to loss of thrust. However, this arrangement permitted placement of cameras in the nose and the design was adopted for the RF-84F Thunderflash reconnaissance version. The first YRF-84F was completed in February 1952.[1] The aircraft retained an armament of four machine guns and could carry up to fifteen cameras. Innovations included computerized controls which adjusted camera settings for light, speed, and altitude, a periscope to give the pilot better visualization of the target, and a voice recorder to let the pilot narrate his observations. Being largely identical to the F-84F, the Thunderflash suffered from the same production delays and engine problems, delaying operational service until March 1954. The aircraft was retired from active duty in 1957, only to be reactivated in 1961, and finally retired from the ANG in 1972.[1]

Several modified Thunderflashes were used in the FICON project.

Design edit

 
Instrument panel in the F-84F cockpit

The Thunderstreak suffered from the same poor takeoff performance as the straight-wing Thunderjet despite having a more powerful engine. In reality, almost 700 pounds-force (3.11 kN) or ten percent of total thrust was lost because the J65 was installed at an angle and its jet pipe was not perfectly straight (in addition to the usual thrust losses from the long jet pipe). On a hot day, 7,500 feet (2,285 m) of runway were required for takeoff roll.[3] A typical takeoff speed was 160 knots (185 mph, 300 km/h).[3] Like the Thunderjet, the Thunderstreak excelled at cruise and had predictable handling characteristics within its performance envelope. Like its predecessor, it also suffered from accelerated stall pitch-up and potential resulting separation of wings from the airplane. In addition, spins in the F-84F were practically unrecoverable and ejection was the only recourse below 10,000 feet (3,000 m).[3]

Operational history edit

 
An Ohio Air National Guard F-84F in the late 1960s
 
F-84F Thunderstreaks flown by USAF Thunderbirds
 
F-84F

Project Run In completed operational tests in November 1954 and found the aircraft to be to USAF satisfaction and considerably better than the F-84G. However, ongoing engine failures resulted in the entire fleet being grounded in early 1955. Also, the J65 engine continued to suffer from flameouts when flying through heavy rain or snow.[1] As the result of the problems, the active duty phaseout began almost as soon as the F-84F entered service in 1954, and was completed by 1958. Increased tensions in Germany associated with construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 resulted in reactivation of the F-84F fleet. In 1962, the fleet was grounded due to the corrosion of control rods. A total of 1,800 man hours were expended to bring each aircraft to full operational capacity.[1] Stress corrosion eventually forced the retirement of ANG F-84Fs in 1971.

On 9 March 1955, Lt. Col. Robert R. Scott, in a F-84F Thunderstreak, set a three-hour, 44-minute and 53-second record for the 2,446 miles (3,936 km) flight from Los Angeles to New York.[4]

With the appearance of the Republic F-105 Thunderchief, which used wing-root mounted air intakes of a similar design to those fitted on the RF-84F, the photorecon variant Thunderflash became known as the Thud's Mother.[3] The earlier F-84A had been nicknamed the "Hog" and the F-84F "Super Hog," the F-105 becoming the "Ultra Hog".

In what is probably one of the very few air-to-air engagements involving the F-84F, two Turkish Air Force F-84F Thunderstreaks shot down two Iraqi Il-28 Beagle bombers that crossed the Turkish border by mistake during a bombing operation against Iraqi Kurdish insurgents. This engagement took place on 16 August 1962.[5]

The F-84F was retired from active service with the USAF in 1964, and replaced by the North American F-100 Super Sabre. The RF-84F was replaced by the RF-101 Voodoo in USAF units, and relegated to duty in the Air National Guard. The last RF-84F Thunderflash retired from the ANG in 1971. Three Hellenic Air Force RF-84Fs that were retired in 1991 were the last operational F-84s.

Variants edit

 
An Italian F-84F
 
The Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech prototype
 
One of the YF-84J prototypes
YF-84F
Two swept-wing prototypes of the F-84F, initially designated YF-96.
F-84F Thunderstreak
Swept wing version with Wright J65 engine. Tactical Air Command aircraft were equipped with Low-Altitude Bombing System (LABS) for delivering nuclear bombs. 2,711 built, 1,301 went to NATO under Mutual Defense Assistance Program (MDAP).
GRF-84F
25 RF-84Fs were converted to be carried, and launched from the bomb bay of a GRB-36F bomber as part of the FICON project. The aircraft were later redesignated RF-84K.
RF-84F Thunderflash
Reconnaissance version of the F-84F with intakes relocated to the wing-roots, 715 built.
RF-84K Thunderflash (FICON)
RF-84F with a retractable probe for hookup with carrier GRB-36Ds and tailplanes with marked anhedral, 25 redesignated from RF-84F.[6]
XF-84H
Two F-84Fs were converted into experimental aircraft. Each was fitted with an Allison XT40-A-1 turboprop engine of 5,850 shaft horsepower (4,365 kW) driving a supersonic propeller. Ground crews dubbed the XF-84H the Thunderscreech due to its extreme noise output.[1]
YF-84J
Two F-84Fs were converted into YF-84J prototypes with enlarged nose intakes and a deepened fuselages for the General Electric J73 engine; the YF-84J reached Mach 1.09 in level flight on 7 April 1954.[1] The project was cancelled due to the excessive cost of converting existent F-84Fs.

Operators edit

 
Royal Netherlands Air Force F-84F
 
Republic RF-84F Thunderflash at Militärhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow, Berlin, Germany; note the distinctive Republic-type wing root intakes that led to the RF-84F being called "Thud's Mother", due to the use of similar intakes on the later Republic F-105 Thunderchief
 
A Michigan Air National Guard RF-84F
  Belgium
  Denmark
  France
  Germany
  Greece
  Israel
  Italy
  Netherlands
  Norway
  Taiwan (Republic of China)
  Turkey
  United States

Aircraft on display edit

 
Belgian Air Force Thunderstreaks

Belgium edit

F-84F Thunderstreak
RF-84F Thunderflash

Denmark edit

RF-84F

France edit

F-84F

Germany edit

F-84F Thunderstreak
  • tactical number BF-106 – Luftwaffenmuseum Gatow - Militärhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow
  • tactical number DD-313 – Luftwaffenmuseum Gatow - Militärhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow
  • tactical number DE 254 (s.n.51-1702) – Flugausstellung Peter Junior, Hermeskeil
  • tactical number BF 105 (s.n.52-6778) – Flugausstellung Peter Junior, Hermeskeil
RF-84F Thunderflash
  • tactical number EB-344 – Luftwaffenmuseum Gatow - Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr
  • tactical number EA 241 (s.n.52-7663) – Flugausstellung Peter Junior, Hermeskeil

Greece edit

F-84F Thunderstreak
  • tactical number 26595 - Hellenic Air Force Museum (Μουσείο Πολεμικής Αεροπορίας) [24]
  • tactical number 37050 - Larissa air base [25]
RF-84F Thunderflash
  • tactical number 17-011 (s/n 51-17011 - ex-Luftwaffe) - Hellenic Air Force Museum (Μουσείο Πολεμικής Αεροπορίας) [24]
F-84F Thunderstreak
  • tactical number unknown - Rentina Agrafon (Ρεντίνα Αγράφων)

Italy edit

F-84F
RF-84F Thunderflash
  • 52-7458 – Italian Air Force Museum, Vigna di Valle.[28]
  • 52-7456 - private display of P.i.p. Lido, Via Roma Destra, 30016 Venice

Netherlands edit

F-84F
RF-84F
  • 51-11253 - TP-19, in storage at Nationaal Militair Museum, Soesterberg[32]
  • 53-7644 - FR31, ex. Belgian Air Force. Now displayed as P-7 at Schaarsbergen.

Norway edit

RF-84F Thunderflash

Poland edit

F-84F

Russia edit

F-84F
  • ?-3033 (Ex-Belgium) – Technical Museum, Moscow

Turkey edit

F-84F
RF-84F
  • 51-1860 - Bursa Uludag University[38]
  • 51-1901 – Istanbul Aviation Museum[36]
  • 51-1917 – Istanbul Aviation Museum[36]
  • 51-1924 – (ex-Dutch AF as P-24) TUAF Museum, Etimesgut

United Kingdom edit

F-84F

United States edit

XF-84F
F-84F
 
F-84F at the Barksdale Global Power Museum
 
F-84F at the National Museum of the United States Air Force; note the .50 (12.7 mm) caliber machine gun muzzle openings in the nose (4) and wing roots (2).
 
Republic F-84F Thunderstreak from the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum
RF-84F Thunderflash

Accidents and incidents edit

Specifications (F-84F) edit

 
3-view line drawing of the Republic F-84F Thunderstreak
 
3-view line drawing of the Republic RF-84F Thunderflash

Data from Fighters of the United States Air Force,[109] Combat Aircraft since 1945[110]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 43 ft 4.75 in (13.23 m)
  • Wingspan: 33 ft 7.25 in (10.25 m)
  • Height: 14 ft 4.75 in (4.39 m)
  • Wing area: 325 sq ft (30 m2)
  • Empty weight: 13,830 lb (6,200 kg)
  • Max takeoff weight: 28,000 lb (12,701 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Wright J65-W-3 turbojet, 7,220 lbf (32.1 kN) thrust

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 695 mph (1,119 km/h, 604 kn) at sea level
  • Range: 810 mi (1,304 km, 704 nmi) combat radius with two droptanks
  • Service ceiling: 46,000 ft (14,000 m)
  • Rate of climb: 8,200 ft/min (42 m/s)
  • Wing loading: 86 lb/sq ft (423 kg/m2)

Armament

Avionics

  • A-1CM or A-4 gunsight with APG-30 or MK-18 ranging radar

Communications Equipment

  • AN/ARC-33 or 34 command set radio
  • AN/APX-6 or 6A IFF set
  • AN/AR-6 radio compass
  • AN/APW-11 or 11A radar set
  • AN/APN-21 TACAN set

Notable appearances in media edit

Richard Bach, who later wrote the bestseller Jonathan Livingston Seagull, was an ANG F-84F pilot who was once activated for duty in Europe. His first book, Stranger to the Ground, described in detail what it was like to fly the Thunderstreak in the course of an operational flight at night from England to France in adverse weather.

F-84Fs were also used to represent North Korean MiG-15 fighters in the 1958 film version of James Salters' novel "The Hunters", because none of the Soviet fighters were available during the ongoing Cold War for filming. They were painted a flat gray with red star insignia.

See also edit

Related development

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

References edit

Notes edit

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republic, thunderstreak, american, swept, wing, turbojet, powered, fighter, bomber, thunderflash, photo, reconnaissance, version, thunderstreak, thunderflash, usaf, thunderstreak, role, fighter, bomberreconnaissance, aircraft, national, origin, united, states,. The Republic F 84F Thunderstreak was an American swept wing turbojet powered fighter bomber The RF 84F Thunderflash was a photo reconnaissance version F 84F Thunderstreak RF 84F Thunderflash USAF F 84F Thunderstreak Role Fighter bomberReconnaissance aircraft National origin United States Manufacturer Republic Aviation First flight June 3 1950 Introduction May 12 1954 Retired 1972 US ANG 1991 Greece Primary users United States Air ForceGerman Air Force Italian Air Force Belgian Air Force Number built 3 428 Developed from Republic F 84 Thunderjet Variants Republic XF 84H Thunderscreech The design was originally intended to be a relatively simple upgrade to the F 84 Thunderjet to make it more competitive with the F 86 Sabre differing largely in the use of a swept wing and tail Given the small number of changes it was assigned the next model letter in the F 84 series F The prototypes demonstrated a number of performance and handling issues which resulted in marginal improvement over the previous versions Production was repeatedly delayed and another run of the straight wing Thunderjets were completed as the G models Looking for a clear performance edge compared to the G models the engine was upgraded to the much more powerful British Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire built in the United States as the Wright J65 The larger engine required the fuselage to be stretched into an oval shape and the air intake to be modified With these and other changes the design was finally ready to enter production but only a fraction of the original production systems could be used and the aircraft was effectively a new design It finally entered service in November 1954 by which time the Sabre had also undergone many upgrades and the Thunderstreak was relegated to the fighter bomber role Its time as a front line design was brief it began to be moved to secondary roles as early as 1958 F 84Fs were then offered to NATO member countries and other allies who took them up in large numbers Operators included the Belgian Air Force Royal Danish Air Force French Air Force West German Air Force Greek Air Force Italian Air Force Royal Netherlands Air Force Royal Norwegian Air Force Republic of China Air Force Turkish Air Force and for a brief period using ex French examples the Israeli Air Force Contents 1 Development 1 1 Thunderflash 2 Design 3 Operational history 4 Variants 5 Operators 6 Aircraft on display 6 1 Belgium 6 2 Denmark 6 3 France 6 4 Germany 6 5 Greece 6 6 Italy 6 7 Netherlands 6 8 Norway 6 9 Poland 6 10 Russia 6 11 Turkey 6 12 United Kingdom 6 13 United States 7 Accidents and incidents 8 Specifications F 84F 9 Notable appearances in media 10 See also 11 References 11 1 Notes 11 2 Bibliography 12 External linksDevelopment editIn 1948 a swept wing version of the F 84 was created with the hope of bringing performance to the level of the F 86 The last production F 84E was fitted with a swept tail a new wing with 38 5 degrees of leading edge sweep and 3 5 degrees of anhedral and a J35 A 25 engine producing 5 300 pound force 23 58 kN of thrust 1 The aircraft was designated XF 96A It flew on 3 June 1950 with Oscar P Haas at the controls 2 Although the airplane was capable of 602 knots 693 mph 1 115 km h the performance gain over the F 84E was considered minor 1 Nonetheless it was ordered into production in July 1950 as the F 84F Thunderstreak The F 84 designation was retained because the fighter was expected to be a low cost improvement of the straight wing Thunderjet with over 55 percent commonality in tooling 1 nbsp YF 84F and YRF 84F prototypes in 1952 Note the early style wing root jet intakes which were eventually only retained on the RF 84F due to the need to fit cameras in the nose The standard F 84F reverted to the original nose intake due to a loss of thrust from the wing root intakes In the meantime the USAF hoping for improved high altitude performance from a more powerful engine arranged for the British Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire turbojet engine to be built in the United States as the Wright J65 To accommodate the larger engine YF 84Fs with a British built Sapphire as well as production F 84Fs with the J65 had a vertically stretched fuselage with the air intake attaining an oval cross section Production delays with the F 84F forced the USAF to order a number of straight wing F 84Gs as an interim measure 1 Production quickly ran into problems Although tooling commonality with the Thunderjet was supposed to be 55 percent in reality only fifteen percent of tools could be reused 1 To make matters worse the F 84F utilized press forged wing spars and ribs At the time only three presses in the United States could manufacture these and priority was given to the Boeing B 47 Stratojet bomber over the F 84 1 The YJ65 W 1 engine was considered obsolete and the improved J65 W 3 did not become available until 1954 When the first production F 84F finally flew on 22 November 1952 it differed from the service test aircraft It had a different canopy which opened up and back instead of sliding to the rear a unique design the canopy was mounted on a pair of hydraulic rams and a pivoted lever arm that allowed it to lift up and backwards while remaining almost level with the fuselage instead of the more common simple hinged canopy as well as airbrakes on the sides of the fuselage instead of the bottom of the aircraft 1 The aircraft was considered not ready for operational deployment due to control and stability problems The first 275 aircraft equipped with conventional stabilizer elevator tailplanes suffered from accelerated stall pitch up and poor turning ability at combat speeds Beginning with Block 25 the problem was improved upon by the introduction of a hydraulically powered one piece stabilator A number of aircraft were also retrofitted with spoilers for improved high speed control As a result the F 84F was not declared operational until 12 May 1954 1 Thunderflash edit nbsp RF 84F Thunderflash the reconnaissance version of the F 84F Note the unique articulation of the canopy which is mounted on a pair of hydraulic rams and a lever arm allowing it to automatically pivot up and backwards behind the cockpit The second YF 84F prototype was completed with wing root air intakes These were not adopted for the fighter due to loss of thrust However this arrangement permitted placement of cameras in the nose and the design was adopted for the RF 84F Thunderflash reconnaissance version The first YRF 84F was completed in February 1952 1 The aircraft retained an armament of four machine guns and could carry up to fifteen cameras Innovations included computerized controls which adjusted camera settings for light speed and altitude a periscope to give the pilot better visualization of the target and a voice recorder to let the pilot narrate his observations Being largely identical to the F 84F the Thunderflash suffered from the same production delays and engine problems delaying operational service until March 1954 The aircraft was retired from active duty in 1957 only to be reactivated in 1961 and finally retired from the ANG in 1972 1 Several modified Thunderflashes were used in the FICON project Design edit nbsp Instrument panel in the F 84F cockpit The Thunderstreak suffered from the same poor takeoff performance as the straight wing Thunderjet despite having a more powerful engine In reality almost 700 pounds force 3 11 kN or ten percent of total thrust was lost because the J65 was installed at an angle and its jet pipe was not perfectly straight in addition to the usual thrust losses from the long jet pipe On a hot day 7 500 feet 2 285 m of runway were required for takeoff roll 3 A typical takeoff speed was 160 knots 185 mph 300 km h 3 Like the Thunderjet the Thunderstreak excelled at cruise and had predictable handling characteristics within its performance envelope Like its predecessor it also suffered from accelerated stall pitch up and potential resulting separation of wings from the airplane In addition spins in the F 84F were practically unrecoverable and ejection was the only recourse below 10 000 feet 3 000 m 3 Operational history edit nbsp An Ohio Air National Guard F 84F in the late 1960s nbsp F 84F Thunderstreaks flown by USAF Thunderbirds nbsp F 84F Project Run In completed operational tests in November 1954 and found the aircraft to be to USAF satisfaction and considerably better than the F 84G However ongoing engine failures resulted in the entire fleet being grounded in early 1955 Also the J65 engine continued to suffer from flameouts when flying through heavy rain or snow 1 As the result of the problems the active duty phaseout began almost as soon as the F 84F entered service in 1954 and was completed by 1958 Increased tensions in Germany associated with construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 resulted in reactivation of the F 84F fleet In 1962 the fleet was grounded due to the corrosion of control rods A total of 1 800 man hours were expended to bring each aircraft to full operational capacity 1 Stress corrosion eventually forced the retirement of ANG F 84Fs in 1971 On 9 March 1955 Lt Col Robert R Scott in a F 84F Thunderstreak set a three hour 44 minute and 53 second record for the 2 446 miles 3 936 km flight from Los Angeles to New York 4 With the appearance of the Republic F 105 Thunderchief which used wing root mounted air intakes of a similar design to those fitted on the RF 84F the photorecon variant Thunderflash became known as the Thud s Mother 3 The earlier F 84A had been nicknamed the Hog and the F 84F Super Hog the F 105 becoming the Ultra Hog In what is probably one of the very few air to air engagements involving the F 84F two Turkish Air Force F 84F Thunderstreaks shot down two Iraqi Il 28 Beagle bombers that crossed the Turkish border by mistake during a bombing operation against Iraqi Kurdish insurgents This engagement took place on 16 August 1962 5 The F 84F was retired from active service with the USAF in 1964 and replaced by the North American F 100 Super Sabre The RF 84F was replaced by the RF 101 Voodoo in USAF units and relegated to duty in the Air National Guard The last RF 84F Thunderflash retired from the ANG in 1971 Three Hellenic Air Force RF 84Fs that were retired in 1991 were the last operational F 84s Variants edit nbsp An Italian F 84F nbsp The Republic XF 84H Thunderscreech prototype nbsp One of the YF 84J prototypes YF 84F Two swept wing prototypes of the F 84F initially designated YF 96 F 84F Thunderstreak Swept wing version with Wright J65 engine Tactical Air Command aircraft were equipped with Low Altitude Bombing System LABS for delivering nuclear bombs 2 711 built 1 301 went to NATO under Mutual Defense Assistance Program MDAP GRF 84F 25 RF 84Fs were converted to be carried and launched from the bomb bay of a GRB 36F bomber as part of the FICON project The aircraft were later redesignated RF 84K RF 84F Thunderflash Reconnaissance version of the F 84F with intakes relocated to the wing roots 715 built RF 84K Thunderflash FICON RF 84F with a retractable probe for hookup with carrier GRB 36Ds and tailplanes with marked anhedral 25 redesignated from RF 84F 6 XF 84H Two F 84Fs were converted into experimental aircraft Each was fitted with an Allison XT40 A 1 turboprop engine of 5 850 shaft horsepower 4 365 kW driving a supersonic propeller Ground crews dubbed the XF 84H the Thunderscreech due to its extreme noise output 1 YF 84J Two F 84Fs were converted into YF 84J prototypes with enlarged nose intakes and a deepened fuselages for the General Electric J73 engine the YF 84J reached Mach 1 09 in level flight on 7 April 1954 1 The project was cancelled due to the excessive cost of converting existent F 84Fs Operators edit nbsp Royal Netherlands Air Force F 84F nbsp Republic RF 84F Thunderflash at Militarhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin Gatow Berlin Germany note the distinctive Republic type wing root intakes that led to the RF 84F being called Thud s Mother due to the use of similar intakes on the later Republic F 105 Thunderchief nbsp A Michigan Air National Guard RF 84F nbsp Belgium Belgian Air Force 197 x F 84F 34 x RF 84F operated from 1955 7 nbsp Denmark Royal Danish Air Force 23 RF 84F received in service from 1957 to 1971 8 nbsp France French Air Force 328 F 84Fs and 88 RF 84Fs received from 1955 9 nbsp Germany West German Air Force 450 F 84Fs and 108 RF 84Fs received 10 In service from 1956 to 1966 11 nbsp Greece Greek Air Force nbsp Israel Israeli Air Force 18 French F 84Fs along with their pilots were temporarily transferred to the IAF during the Suez Crisis 12 nbsp Italy Italian Air Force operated 194 Republic F 84F Thunderstreak and 78 RF 84F Thunderflash from 1956 until 1974 13 14 15 nbsp Netherlands Royal Netherlands Air Force 180 F 84F 24 RF 84F 1955 1970 nbsp Norway Royal Norwegian Air Force 35 RF 84F 1956 1970 nbsp Taiwan Republic of China Republic of China Air Force About 25 RF 84Fs operated from 1954 16 nbsp Turkey Turkish Air Force nbsp United States United States Air Force 1496 F 84F 388 RF 84F 1952 1972 Aircraft on display edit nbsp Belgian Air Force Thunderstreaks Belgium edit F 84F Thunderstreak 52 6584 FU 197 Balen Keiheuvel Aerodrome 17 52 7169 FU 30 Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels 18 53 6677 FU 66 Kleine Brogel Air Base 19 53 6888 FU 177 Leopoldsburg Beverlo Airfield 20 RF 84F Thunderflash 51 1922 FR 27 Gate Guardian at the Aerodrome Spa La Sauveniere Airport 21 51 1945 FR28 Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History Brussels Denmark edit RF 84F C 581 Flyvestation Karup Historiske Forening Museet Karup 22 C 264 Danish Collection of Vintage Aircraft Skjern 23 France edit F 84F Unknown Musee de l air et de l espace Tactical number 4 SA Saint Leger sous Beuvray in Montande hamlet Germany edit F 84F Thunderstreak tactical number BF 106 Luftwaffenmuseum Gatow Militarhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin Gatow tactical number DD 313 Luftwaffenmuseum Gatow Militarhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin Gatow tactical number DE 254 s n 51 1702 Flugausstellung Peter Junior Hermeskeil tactical number BF 105 s n 52 6778 Flugausstellung Peter Junior Hermeskeil RF 84F Thunderflash tactical number EB 344 Luftwaffenmuseum Gatow Militarhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr tactical number EA 241 s n 52 7663 Flugausstellung Peter Junior Hermeskeil Greece edit F 84F Thunderstreak tactical number 26595 Hellenic Air Force Museum Moyseio Polemikhs Aeroporias 24 tactical number 37050 Larissa air base 25 RF 84F Thunderflash tactical number 17 011 s n 51 17011 ex Luftwaffe Hellenic Air Force Museum Moyseio Polemikhs Aeroporias 24 F 84F Thunderstreak tactical number unknown Rentina Agrafon Rentina Agrafwn Italy edit F 84F 53 6892 Italian Air Force Museum Vigna di Valle near Rome 26 D1003 27 Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci Milan RF 84F Thunderflash 52 7458 Italian Air Force Museum Vigna di Valle 28 52 7456 private display of P i p Lido Via Roma Destra 30016 Venice Netherlands edit F 84F 52 7174 P 119 On display in front of the JTAC school in Schaarsbergen 52 7185 P 134 in storage at ROCvA Airport College Hoofddorp 29 53 6582 P 229 Stored at Reek painted as P 312 53 6584 P 248 Gate Guard at Volkel Air Base 53 6600 P 254 in storage at Nationaal Militair Museum Soesterberg 30 53 6604 P 224 Stored at Reek 53 6612 P 226 on display at Nationaal Militair Museum Soesterberg 31 53 6726 P 230 Nose section only stored at Nationaal Militair Museum Soesterberg 53 6742 P 231 Gate Guard at Eindhoven Air Base 53 6916 P 191 Gate Guard at Gilze Rijen Air Base RF 84F 51 11253 TP 19 in storage at Nationaal Militair Museum Soesterberg 32 53 7644 FR31 ex Belgian Air Force Now displayed as P 7 at Schaarsbergen Norway edit RF 84F Thunderflash 51 17055 T3 H Restored to original bare aluminium scheme Air Force Training Center Kjevik citation needed 51 17045 T3 N AZ N Flyhistorisk Museum Sola Stavanger Airport Sola near Stavanger 33 51 17047 AZ A Norwegian Aviation Museum Bodo Nose section only 51 17053 AZ G Forsvarets flysamling Gardermoen Oslo Airport Gardermoen near Oslo 34 52 8723 AZ X Sandefjord Airport Torp near Sandefjord Poland edit F 84F 52 7157 Ex Belgium Polish Aviation Museum Krakow 35 Russia edit F 84F 3033 Ex Belgium Technical Museum Moscow Turkey edit F 84F 52 8733 Istanbul Aviation Museum 36 52 8941 Ataturk Airport Istanbul 37 RF 84F 51 1860 Bursa Uludag University 38 51 1901 Istanbul Aviation Museum 36 51 1917 Istanbul Aviation Museum 36 51 1924 ex Dutch AF as P 24 TUAF Museum Etimesgut United Kingdom edit F 84F 52 6541 North East Aircraft Museum Sunderland 39 52 7133 Bentwaters Cold War Museum 40 United States edit XF 84F 49 2430 National Museum of the United States Air Force Dayton Ohio 41 F 84F nbsp F 84F at the Barksdale Global Power Museum nbsp F 84F at the National Museum of the United States Air Force note the 50 12 7 mm caliber machine gun muzzle openings in the nose 4 and wing roots 2 nbsp Republic F 84F Thunderstreak from the Evergreen Aviation amp Space Museum Unknown On roadside display private owner in Blacksville West Virginia 42 51 1386 Barksdale Global Power Museum Barksdale AFB Louisiana 43 51 1620 Empire State Aerosciences Museum in Glenville New York 44 51 1639 Springfield Downtown Airport Springfield Missouri 45 51 1640 Hill Aerospace Museum Hill AFB Utah 46 51 1659 Combat Air Museum Topeka Regional Airport at Forbes Field Topeka Kansas 47 51 1713 Delta County Airport in Escanaba Michigan 48 51 1714 Strategic Air Command amp Aerospace Museum in Ashland Nebraska 49 51 1739 Korean War memorial South Whitley Indiana 50 51 1772 Aerospace Museum of California in McClellan California 51 51 1786 Virginia Air amp Space Center in Hampton Virginia 52 51 1797 Ohio ANG Base in Springfield Ohio 53 51 1817 Camp Robinson in Little Rock Arkansas 54 51 1818 Fairfield MAP in Iowa 55 51 1822 Illinois ANG Base in Springfield Illinois 56 51 9350 Air Force Flight Test Center Museum at Edwards AFB California 57 51 9396 Holloman AFB New Mexico 58 51 9430 Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst New Jersey False markings of 52 7066 applied 59 51 9432 March Field Air Museum in Riverside California 60 51 9433 Castle Air Museum in Atwater California 61 51 9444 Seminole Valley Park in Cedar Rapids Iowa 62 51 9451 Wilson Park in Granite City Illinois 63 51 9480 American Airpower Museum East Farmingdale New York 64 51 9495 Air Force Armament Museum Eglin AFB Florida 65 51 9501 Yankee Air Museum Belleville Michigan 66 51 9514 Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Ft Wayne Indiana 67 51 9522 Evergreen Aviation amp Space Museum in McMinnville Oregon 68 51 9531 Palm Springs Air Museum Palm Springs California formerly at Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum in Rantoul Illinois 69 70 52 6379 Wauchula Veteran s Park in Wauchula Florida 52 6385 VFW Post 2503 Omaha Nebraska 71 52 6438 Georgia Veterans State Park in Cordele Georgia 72 52 6455 American Legion post 490 Houston Texas 73 52 6456 Veterans of Foreign Wars post 6791 West Chicago Illinois 74 52 6461 Lackland AFB Texas 75 52 6470 Mountain Home AFB Idaho 76 52 6476 Aviation History amp Technology Center Marietta Georgia 77 52 6497 Iowa Gold Star Museum in Johnston Iowa 78 52 6526 National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton Ohio 79 52 6553 Window on the Plains Museum in Dumas Texas 80 52 6555 Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum in Horsham Pennsylvania 81 52 6563 Pima Air amp Space Museum in Tucson Arizona 82 52 6634 Defense Supply Center Richmond in Richmond Virginia 83 52 6701 Museum of Aviation Robins AFB Georgia 84 52 6782 Luke AFB Arizona 85 52 6993 Wilbur Wright Birthplace and Museum near Millville Indiana 86 52 7019 Cheyenne Municipal Airport in Wyoming 87 52 7080 England AFB Louisiana 88 52 8837 Richmond Airport Virginia 89 52 8886 South Dakota Air and Space Museum at Ellsworth AFB South Dakota 90 52 9089 Kansas Aviation Museum Wichita Kansas 91 RF 84F Thunderflash 51 1929 Neligh Nebraska 92 51 1944 Pima Air amp Space Museum in Tucson Arizona 93 51 1948 Harlan Airport HNR in Harlan Iowa 94 51 11259 Lincoln Air National Guard Base Nebraska 95 51 17046 Hill Aerospace Museum Hill AFB Utah nose section only 52 7249 Dannelly Field ANG Collection Montgomery Alabama 96 52 7259 National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton Ohio 97 52 7265 Planes of Fame Museum in Chino California 98 52 7409 Birmingham ANGB Birmingham Alabama 99 52 7421 Yankee Air Museum Belleville Michigan 100 53 7529 Berry Field ANGB Nashville Tennessee 101 53 7570 Enka Middle School Candler North Carolina 53 7595 American Airpower Museum East Farmingdale New York 102 Accidents and incidents editOn 7 July 1954 one F 84F of a flight of four en route to Bergstrom Air Force Base in Austin TX crashed into the Kansas City Kansas business district shortly after departing Fairfax Municipal Airport Kansas City KS 2nd Lt John H Kapeles pilot assigned to the 27th Fighter Escort Wing died in the crash Three civilians died on the ground when the plane crashed onto their homes The plane had just come off the General Motors Fairfax Assembly Plant production line and had been test flown Eyewitnesses reported that the plane plunged at a high speed toward the ground after the flight had banked toward the west from the east The three remaining planes returned to Fairfax Municipal Airport 103 On 9 December 1955 a USAF F 84F on an instrument training flight from RAF Sculthorpe in Norfolk experienced a flameout and the pilot ejected The aircraft crashed into Lodge Moor Hospital Sheffield The crash killed one patient and injured seven others On 4 April 1957 the USAF Captain Richard W Higgins died after a low ejection with one of the first F 84Fs of the German Air Force near the Furstenfeldbruck Air Base On 1 August 1960 Captain Finn Erik Andersen 104 of the Royal Norwegian Air Force flying F 84F Thunderflash registration T3 S crashed into the Styggmann peak of Skrimfjella in Southern Norway The pilot was killed 105 As of 2023 some wreckage remains on the mountain 106 On 20 November 1960 a F 84F Thunderstreak of the Royal Netherlands Air Force crashed at 7 50pm into a farm in Lutjelollum nl between Wjelsryp and Franeker the Netherlands The pilot and the family of six people who lived at the farm were all killed The farm was destroyed and burned down and the livestock was killed 107 On 14 September 1961 two West German F 84Fs of the West German Air Force crossed into East German airspace due to a navigational error eventually landing at Berlin Tegel Airport evading a large number of Soviet fighter aircraft The event came at a historically difficult time during the Cold War one month after the construction of the Berlin Wall 108 On 28 January 1962 the USAF Lieutenant Donald Slack died after striking a 6 188 ft 1 886 m ASL mountain in central France in his F 84F of the New Jersey Air National Guard The book Stranger to the Ground by Richard Bach was dedicated to him Specifications F 84F edit nbsp 3 view line drawing of the Republic F 84F Thunderstreak nbsp 3 view line drawing of the Republic RF 84F Thunderflash Data from Fighters of the United States Air Force 109 Combat Aircraft since 1945 110 General characteristicsCrew 1 Length 43 ft 4 75 in 13 23 m Wingspan 33 ft 7 25 in 10 25 m Height 14 ft 4 75 in 4 39 m Wing area 325 sq ft 30 m2 Empty weight 13 830 lb 6 200 kg Max takeoff weight 28 000 lb 12 701 kg Powerplant 1 Wright J65 W 3 turbojet 7 220 lbf 32 1 kN thrust Performance Maximum speed 695 mph 1 119 km h 604 kn at sea level Range 810 mi 1 304 km 704 nmi combat radius with two droptanks Service ceiling 46 000 ft 14 000 m Rate of climb 8 200 ft min 42 m s Wing loading 86 lb sq ft 423 kg m2 Armament 6 50 in 12 7 mm Browning M3 machine guns four mounted in nose over intake two mounted in the wing roots 1 800 rounds total Up to 6 000lb 2 727 kg of rockets and bombs including one Mark 7 nuclear bomb Avionics A 1CM or A 4 gunsight with APG 30 or MK 18 ranging radar Communications Equipment AN ARC 33 or 34 command set radio AN APX 6 or 6A IFF set AN AR 6 radio compass AN APW 11 or 11A radar set AN APN 21 TACAN setNotable appearances in media editRichard Bach who later wrote the bestseller Jonathan Livingston Seagull was an ANG F 84F pilot who was once activated for duty in Europe His first book Stranger to the Ground described in detail what it was like to fly the Thunderstreak in the course of an operational flight at night from England to France in adverse weather F 84Fs were also used to represent North Korean MiG 15 fighters in the 1958 film version of James Salters novel The Hunters because none of the Soviet fighters were available during the ongoing Cold War for filming They were painted a flat gray with red star insignia See also editRelated development Republic F 84 Thunderjet Republic F 105 Thunderchief Republic XF 84H Thunderscreech Republic XF 91 Thunderceptor RF 84K FICON Aircraft of comparable role configuration and era CAC Sabre 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