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    Airframe Family: Republic F-105
    Latest Model:F-105G Thunderchief
    Last Military Serial:63-8266 USAF
    Construction Number:F043
    Latest Owner or Location:Mid-America Air Museum, Liberal Municipal Airport, Liberal, Kansas

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    Dates

    Event

    1964

    Constructed as a F-105G.
    Republic production #F-43, Production Sequence #733.

    Circa 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 63-8266.

    March 1964

    Transferred to Nellis Air Force Base, NV.

    March 1965

    Transferred to McClellan Air Force Base, CA.

    April 1965

    Transferred to Nellis Air Force Base, NV.

    October 1965

    Transferred to McClellan AFB, CA.

    November 1965

    Transferred to Nellis AFB, NV.

    From August 1966 to January 1968

    Transferred to McConnell AFB, KS.

    January 1968

    To Nellis AFB, NV.

    May 1971

    Ferry flight. Delivered to Korat RTAB, Thailand.
    Flown to Korat by Lt. Col. John R. Baker of Liberal, KS.

    September 1973

    Engine changed on Johnson Atoll.

    September 1973

    Transferred to George AFB, CA.

    21 July 1974


    Photographer: Peter B Lewis / San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
    Notes: At McClellan AFB

    August 1976

    Transferred to Spangdahlem AB, Germany.

    September 1976

    Transferred to George AFB, CA.

    October 1976

    Transferred to MacDill AFB, FL.


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    February 1978

    Transferred to Tinker AFB, OK.

    May 1978

    Transferred to George AFB, CA.

    July 1980

    Transferred to Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    23 June 1989

    Loaned to Mid-America Air Museum, Liberal, KS.

    23 June 1989

    Placed on display with Mid-America Air Museum, Liberal Municipal Airport, Liberal, KS.
    View the Location Dossier

    By 11 January 2018


    Photographer: Mid-America Air Museum
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