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    Airframe Family: Republic F-84
    Latest Model:F-84F-30-GK Thunderstreak
    Last Military Serial:51-9444 USAF
    Latest Owner or Location:Seminole Valley park, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-84F-30-GK by General Motors-Fisher Body at Kansas, City, Missouri.

    Circa 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-9444.

    Circa 1952

    Transferred to 12th Strategic Fighter Wing, Bergstrom AFB, TX.

    1956

    Transferred to 31st Strategic Fighter Wing, Turner AFB, GA.

    1957

    Transferred to 31st Fighter-Bomber Wing, Turner AFB, GA.
    Unit type changed.

    1957

    Transferred to 401st Fighter Bomber Group, England AFB, LA.

    From 1957 to 1961

    Transferred to 119th Fighter Squadron (ANG), McGuire AFB, NJ.

    5 August 1958

    Base of operations changed.
    Atlantic City, NJ.

    1962

    Transferred to 559th Fighter Squadron, 12th Tactical Fighter Wing, MacDill AFB, FL.

    1964

    Transferred to 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, Holloman AFB, NM.

    1964

    Transferred to 169th Fighter Squadron (ANG), Peoria ANGB, IL.

    1970

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    November 1970

    Loaned to City of Cedar Rapids, Cedar Rapids, IA.

    21 November 1970

    Ferry flight.
    To Cedar Rapids Airport, Cedar Rapids, IA.

    3 December 1970

    Placed on display with Seminole Valley park, Cedar Rapids, IA.
    Engine removed prior to display.
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    January 1999


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    January 1999


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    22 October 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    22 October 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    29 July 2019


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Getting in worse shape.


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    Internet Sources
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Cedar Rapids Gazette
    Forgotten Jets by Nathan Decker
    National Museum of the United States Air Force

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger

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