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    Airframe Family: Republic F-105
    Latest Model:F-105D-10-RE Thunderchief
    Last Military Serial:60-0471 USAF
    Construction Number:D159
    Compressed ID:Republic F-105D-10-RE sn 60-0471 US...
    Latest Owner or Location:Yanks Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, California

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    Dates

    Event

    1961

    Constructed as a F-105D-10-RE by Republic at Farmindale, New York, USA.

    12 June 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 60-0471.

    June 1961

    Transferred to 36th TFW, USAFE, Hahn AB, West Germany.

    Transferred to Ramstein AB, West Germany.

    July 1961

    Transferred to Bitburg AB, West Germany.

    After July 1961

    Deployments to Wheelus AB, Libya.

    July 1965


    Photographer: Richard Franke
    Notes: During short deployment to Laon Air Base, France.

    January 1966

    Transferred to 49th TFW, USAFE, Spangdahlem AB, West Germany.

    October 1966

    Transferred to 23rd TFW, TAC, McConnell AFB, KS, USA.

    July 1972

    Transferred to 561st TFS, TAC, McConnell AFB, KS, USA.

    September 1972

    Transferred to 506th TFG, AFRES, Carswell AFB, TX, USA.

    February 1976

    Transferred to 457th TFS, AFRES, Carswell AFB, TX, USA.

    12 October 1978


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: F-105D Thunderchief of the Commanding Officer 457th Tactical Fighter Squadron/301st Tactical Fighter Wing undergoing maintenance at Carswell AFB in October 1978.

    November 1981

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FK070.

    To Yanks Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
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    23 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Outside storage at Yanks Air Museum, Chino, California

    18 April 2017


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: Yanks Air Museum in Chino, CA, USA.
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