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    Airframe Family: Republic F-105
    Latest Model:F-105B-20-RE Thunderchief
    Last Military Serial:57-5817 USAF
    Construction Number:B54
    Latest Owner or Location:Chillicothe Municipal Airport, Chillicothe, Missouri

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    Dates

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    Constructed as a F-105B-20-RE by Republic at Farmindale, New York, USA.

    29 July 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-5817.

    From 2 October 1959 to 14 May 1965

    To 334th TFS, 4th TFW, Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC.

    From 11 April 1960 to 19 June 1960

    To MOAMA, Brookley AFB, AL.

    From 16 July 1960 to 15 August 1960

    At Williams AFB, AZ, for F-105B Cetegory II armament testing.

    From 5 October 1962 to 5 October 1962

    To MOAMA, Brookley AFB, AL.

    15 April 1964

    To MOAMA, Brookley AFB, AL.

    From 19 March 1965 to 28 August 1970

    Transferred to 141st TFS, 108th TFG, New Jersey ANG, McGuire AFB, NJ.

    16 April 1965

    Contract depot maint. by General Dynamics at McGuire AFB.

    28 August 1970

    Transferred to 119th TFS, 177th TFG, New Jersey ANG, Atlantic City AP, NJ.

    From 1 April 1971 to 20 April 1971

    Contract depot work by Fairchild Engine and Aircraft Corp. at Bob Sikes AP, Crestview, FL.

    From 1 November 1972 to 7 December 1972

    Contract depot work by Fairchild Engine and Aircraft Corp. at Bob Sikes AP, Crestview, FL.

    7 December 1972

    Depot work by SM-ALC at McClellan AFB, CA.

    2 May 1973

    Transferred to 508th CMTSQ, AFRES, Hill AFB, UT.

    From 25 October 1975 to 8 December 1975

    Depot maintenance by OC-ALC at Tinker AFB, OK.

    12 July 1978

    Contract depot maintenance (DYNFW) at Hill AFB, UT.

    28 February 1979

    Depot maintenance at Ogden ALC, Hill AFB, UT.

    From By April 1979 to 10 October 1980

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

    10 October 1980

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number FK0025.

    15 March 1985

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    Loaned to City of Chillicothe, Chillicothe, MO.

    July 1985

    To Chillicothe Municipal Airport, Chillicothe, MO.
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    2008

    Removed from display for repainting.

    Markings Applied: AFRES, HI
    Painted in a South-East Asia camoflauge colour scheme. Marked as a F-105 assigned to the 466th TFS (HI code) out of Hill AFB. The nose was painted black to represent a F-105D.

    By 13 December 2009

    Returned to display mounted on a pole.

    21 August 2017


    Photographer: Timothy Aanerud

    21 August 2017


    Photographer: Timothy Aanerud


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    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

    Internet Sources
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society

    Individual Contributors
    Todd Brewer
    Mike Henniger
    Rick Morgan
    Max Sabin

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