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    Airframe Family: Republic F-105
    Latest Model:GF-105D Thunderchief
    Last Military Serial:60-0508 USAF
    Construction Number:D195
    Compressed ID:Republic GF-105D sn 60-0508 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Wings Over The Rockies Air Space Museum, Denver, CO

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    Dates

    Event

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

    8 November 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 60-0508.

    10 November 1961

    Picked up from Republic Aviation by pilot assigned to 4440th Delivery Group, Langley AFB, VA, and delivered to MOAMA, Brookley AFB, AL, for depot work.

    22 December 1961

    To 49th TFW, Spangdahlem AB, West Germany.

    29 October 1962

    To MOAMA, Brookley AFB, AL.
    Depot Work.

    31 August 1964

    To 49th TFW, Spangdahlem AB, West Germany.

    13 July 1965

    To CASA, Getafe, Spain.
    Contract Depot Work.

    14 August 1965

    Transferred to 3415th MSGP, ATC, Lowry AFB, CO.

    28 February 1966

    Redesignated as GF-105D.

    31 October 1975

    To Wings Over the Rockies Museum, Lowry Field (formerly Lowry AFB), Denver, CO.
    Was a static display on base after the retirement of F-105s.
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    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    30 September 1994

    Loaned to Wings Over The Rockies Air Space Museum, Denver, CO.
    Joined the museums collection when Lowry AFB closed.

    24 February 2011


    Photographer: John Meneely

    28 August 2023


    Photographer: Max Sabin
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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
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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