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F-105 THUNDERCHIEF/63-8287



Serial #: 63-8287
Construction #: ?
Civil Registration:
  None
  Model(s):
  F-105F-1-RE Thundechief
Name: None
Status: Displayed
Last info: 2015

History:
Built at Farmindale, NY, 19??.
Delivered to United States Air Force as 63-8287.
- BOC: May 15, 1964.
- Assigned to 18th TFW, Kadena AB, Okinawa.
- Transferred to 23rd TFW, McConnell AFB, Kansa, August 31, 1967.
-- Assigned to 354th TFS, circa 1970.
-- Nicknamed "Miss Margo" and later "Flak Magnet".
- Transferred to 507th TFG AFRES, Tinker AFH, OK. July 12, 1972.
-- Assigned to 465th TFS.
-- Transferred to 466th TFS AFRES, Hill AFB, UT, October 1, 1980.
- Flew to Chanute AFB and transferred to USAFM, March 10, 1984.
- Last Thunderchief flight, flown by Capt. Joe Gelinger.
Chanute Air Museum, Rantoul, IL, 1984-2015.
- On loan from USAFM.





Source(s):
Preserverd US Military Aircraft, www.coastcomp.com/av/pres/index.htm
Octave Chaunte Aerospace Museum
Photo Source(s):
Robert Burger.
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