Republic F-105 Thunderchief Supersonic Fighter-Bomber Family
The Republic F-105 Thunderchief was a large, single-engine supersonic fighter-bomber family developed from Republic's post-Korean-war effort to replace the F-84F. Its YF-105A prototype first flew in 1955, and the production B, D, F, G, and reconnaissance-related forms became a defining United States Air Force aircraft of the early Cold War and Vietnam era. The family combined high-speed flight, long-range strike, all-weather navigation, and specialized electronic-countermeasures variants, and 833 aircraft were built before the last examples left service in the 1980s.
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Identity
- Aliases
- F-105 ThunderchiefThunderchiefThudYF-105AF-105BF-105DF-105FF-105GRF-105B
- Family Name
- Republic F-105 Thunderchief
- Full Name
- Republic F-105 Thunderchief Supersonic Fighter-Bomber Family
- Roles
- military
- Status
- retired
- Type
- aircraft
Details
- Aircraft Specs
- Configuration
- fixed_wing
- Operating Modes
- land
- Takeoff Landing Capabilities
- conventional
- Description
- The Republic F-105 Thunderchief was a large, single-engine supersonic fighter-bomber family developed from Republic's post-Korean-war effort to replace the F-84F. Its YF-105A prototype first flew in 1955, and the production B, D, F, G, and reconnaissance-related forms became a defining United States Air Force aircraft of the early Cold War and Vietnam era. The family combined high-speed flight, long-range strike, all-weather navigation, and specialized electronic-countermeasures variants, and 833 aircraft were built before the last examples left service in the 1980s.
- First Flight Year
- 1,955
- Manufacturer
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Name
- YF-105A prototype fit
- Notes
- The first two YF-105A prototypes used the Pratt & Whitney J57-P-25/J57-P-30 family while the production F-105B onward adopted the more powerful J75 line. This configuration links only the canonical family-level J57 node; the exact prototype subvariants remain in variantNotes.
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- Creation Time
- August 1, 2026 at 09:55:42 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 1, 2026 at 09:55:42 UTC