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    Airframe Family: Republic F-84
    Latest Model:F-84F-35-RE Thunderstreak
    Last Military Serial:52-6455 USAF
    Compressed ID:Republic F-84F-35-RE sn 52-6455 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:American Legion Post 490, Ellington Field, Houston, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-84F-35-RE by Republic at Farmingdale, New York, USA.

    Circa 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-6455.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to American Legion Post 490, Houston, TX.

    Placed on display with American Legion Post 490, Ellington Field, Houston, TX.
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    14 May 1987


    Photographer: Mark Kennedy
    Notes: F-84F Thunderstreak on display at American Legion Post 490, Houston, TX.

    July 2002


    Photographer: Tom Tessier

    18 July 2009


    Photographer: Robert Burger

    18 July 2009


    Photographer: Robert Burger

    7 July 2022


    Photographer: Mark Kennedy
    Notes: F-84F Thunderstreak at American Legion Post 490 across the street from Ellington Field in Houston.

    7 July 2022


    Photographer: Mark Kennedy

    7 July 2022


    Photographer: Mark Kennedy

    10 May 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Houston - Ellington Field, TX, USA
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
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     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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