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F-105 THUNDERCHIEF/54-0104



Serial #: 54-0104
Construction #: ?
Civil Registration:
  None
  Model(s):
  F-105B-5-RE Thunderchief
Name: None
Status: Displayed
Last info: 2010

History:
Built at Republic Plants, Farmindale, NY.
- First flight April 24, 1958.
- 7th Thunderchief, first B-Model.
- Delivered to United States Air Force as 54-0104.
- BOC: July 7, 1958 at Edwards AFB, CA.
- Brief career as test airframe.
- Later used as maintenance trainer at Brookley AFB, AL and Amarillo AFB, TX.
- Assigned to 3345th Maintenance Support Group, Chanute AFB, March 1968.
Octave Chaunte Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, IL, 1984-2010.
- On loan from USAFM.




Source(s):
Octave Chaunte Aerospace Museum
Photo Source(s):
Robert Burger
John Hume

Research Assistance:

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