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Airframe Family:	Republic F-105
Latest Model:	GF-105B Thunderchief
Last Military Serial:	54-0104 USAF
Compressed ID:	Republic GF-105B sn 54-0104 USAF
Latest Owner or Location:	Chanute Air Museum, Chanute AFB (formerly), Rantoul, Illinois

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Dates		Event
		Constructed as a F-105B-5-RE by Republic at Farmindale, New York, USA.
24 April 1958		First flight.
7 July 1958		Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 54-0104.
July 1958		Transferred to USAF Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB, CA.
		Transferred to Brookley AFB, AL. For use as a maintenance trainer.
		Redesignated as GF-105B.
		Transferred to Amarillo AFB, TX. For use as GIA.
March 1968		Transferred to 3345th Maintenance Support Group (Air Training Command), Chanute AFB, IL. For use as GIA.
Circa 1975		Placed on display with Thunderbird Air Park, Chanute AFB, IL. 40104 Painted as Thunderbird aircraft.
By 1993		To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH. View the Location Dossier
1993		Loaned to Chanute Air Museum, Chanute AFB (formerly), Rantoul, IL. View the Location Dossier
19 September 1995		Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
3 August 2005		Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
20 April 2013		Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
20 April 2013		Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
31 October 2015		Chanute Air Museum closed. This aircraft remained on the ramp.
2018		Scrapped.

		This airframe dossier is based on unreviewed imported data. If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.

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Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

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U.S. Military Out of Service 2019/2020 by Andy Marden

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Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
National Museum of the United States Air Force
Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum
United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
Warbird Registry by Scott Rose

Individual Contributors
Glenn Chatfield
Mike Henniger

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