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    Airframe Family: Republic F-105
    Latest Model:GF-105D Thunderchief
    Last Military Serial:62-4228 USAF
    Construction Number:D427
    Latest Owner or Location:Haralson County Veterans Association, Tallapoosa, Bremen, Georgia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-105D-25-RE by Republic at Farmindale, New York, USA.

    4 January 1963

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 62-4228.

    12 January 1963

    To 18th Tactical Fighter Wing, Kadena AB, Okinawa.

    From 23 April 1966 to 11 May 1966

    Base of operations changed.
    Korat RTAFB, Thailand.

    31 May 1967

    Transferred to 12th TFS, 18th TFW, Kadena AB, Okinawa.

    11 October 1967

    To 355th TFW, Takhli RTAFB, Thailand.

    By January 1970

    Transferred to 354th TFS, 355th TFW, Takhli RTAFB, Thailand.
    Operated with markings: Papa Thud / Mutts Man-o-War
    Pappa Thud on the intake. Other name on fuselage below cockpit.

    27 October 1970

    Transferred to 18th TFW, Kadena AB, Okinawa.

    24 March 1971

    Transferred to 23rd TFW, McConnell AFB, KS.

    20 August 1971

    Transferred to 121st TFS, 113th TFW, Washington D. C. ANG, Andrews AFB, MD.

    16 September 1982

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

    May 1983

    Markings Applied: Silver Tongue Devil
    Smiling red devil in diaper. Silver in front and Tongue behind figure. Below left wing.

    5 October 1983

    Redesignated as GF-105D.

    5 October 1983

    To Security Police Training Area (south), Kelly Field (formerly Kelly AFB), San Antonio, TX.
    First in a row of ten Thunderchiefs, on a simulated flight line for security training purposes.
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    August 1993


    Photographer: Han de Ridder
    Notes: Scanned slide.

    August 1993


    Photographer: Han de Ridder
    Notes: Scanned slide.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    By July 2022

    Loaned to Haralson County Veterans Association, Tallapoosa, Bremen, GA.
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    May 2023

    Markings Applied: RU, AF 62 228
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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 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Individual Contributors
     Han de Ridder
    R Scott Garland
    Max Sabin
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