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    Airframe Family: Republic F-105
    Latest Model:F-105F-1-RE Thunderchief
    Last Military Serial:63-8261 USAF
    Construction Number:F038
    Compressed ID:Republic F-105F-1-RE sn 63-8261 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Jacksonville Museum of Military History, Little Rock AFB, Little Rock, Arkansas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-105F-1-RE by Republic at Farmindale, New York, USA.

    Circa 18 February 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 63-8261.

    3 May 1964

    To 18th Tactical Fighter Wing, Kadena AB, Okinawa.

    By May 1967

    Transferred to 12th TFS, 18th TFW, Kadena AB, Okinawa.

    31 August 1967

    Transferred to 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing, McConnell AFB, KS.

    5 March 1971

    Transferred to 149th TFS, 192nd TFG, Virginia ANG, Byrd Field, VA.

    26 February 1974

    Transferred to 457th TFS, 506th TFG, AFRES, Carswell AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: TH

    From 14 August 1977 to 27 August 1977

    Deployed to Norvenich, West Germany, under CORONET POKER.

    From 12 May 1979 to 24 May 1979

    Deployed to Gioia Del Colle, Italy, under CORONET PALOMINO.

    By February 1982

    Transferred to 466th TFS, 508th TFG, AFRES, Hill AFB, UT.
    Operated with markings: HI

    25 February 1984

    One of the three F-105Fs that flew in the Thud-Out ceremony at Hill AFB, Utah. Pilot was Maj. Frank Bernard and backseater was Col. Merlyn Dethlefsen. Col. Dethlefsen was awarded the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War while flying a badly damaged F-105 on a combat mission over North Vietnam.

    3 March 1984

    Last flight.
    Flew from Hill AFB, UT, to Little Rock AFB, AR. The pilot for this flight was Maj. Kent Clark with Mr. Theodore W. Van Geffen as the rear seat passenger. This was the second to last F-105 Thunderchief to fly.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    March 1984

    Loaned to Arkansas National Guard HQ, Robinson AAF, Little Rock, AR.
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    Markings Applied: 63261

    13 June 2007


    Photographer: Bill Kistler

    Loaned to Jacksonville Museum of Military History, Jacksonville, AR.

    23 November 2008

    Placed on display with Jacksonville Museum of Military History, Little Rock AFB, Little Rock, AR.
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    From 23 November 2008 to By 31 December 2009

    Removed from display.

    By 28 July 2011


    Photographer: Robert Burger

    By 28 July 2011


    Photographer: Robert Burger

    By 28 July 2011


    Photographer: Robert Burger
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     F-105 Thunderchiefs: A 29-Year Illustrated Operational History by W. Howard Plunkett
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Peter Nicholson
    Max Sabin
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