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    Airframe Family: Republic F-105
    Latest Model:GF-105D Thunderchief
    Last Military Serial:61-0199 USAF
    Construction Number:D394
    Compressed ID:Republic GF-105D sn 61-0199 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Veterans Park, Tupelo, Mississippi

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    Dates

    Event

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

    September 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 61-0199.

    22 September 1964

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

    From 17 November 1964 to 16 May 1965

    Base of operations changed.
    Deployed to Incirlik AB, Turkey.

    4 July 1965

    Base of operations changed.
    Deployed to Yokota AB, Japan, under One Buck 13.

    1 December 1965

    Base of operations changed.
    Takhli RTAFB, Thailand.

    21 December 1965

    Transferred to 23rd TFW, McConnell AFB, KS.

    From 1 July 1967 to 14 July 1967

    Deployed to George AFB, CA, for air-to-air gunnery training for RTU Class 67JR, the Roaring 20 + 1.

    From 4 August 1967 to 16 August 1967

    Deployed to George AFB, CA, for air-to-air gunnery training for RTU Class 68AR.

    From 29 September 1967 to 1 November 1967

    Deployed to George AFB, CA, for air-to-air gunnery training for RTU Class 68BR, The Many Splendored Spuds.

    From 23 January 1968 to 7 February 1968

    Deployed to George AFB, CA, for air-to-air gunnery training for RTU Class 68FR.

    From 12 March 1968 to 28 March 1968

    Deployed to George AFB, CA, for air-to-air gunnery training for RTU Class 68HR.

    26 July 1972

    Transferred to 465th TFS, 507th TFG, AFRES, Tinker AFB, OK.
    Operated with markings: SH

    30 July 1980

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

    From 15 August 1981 to 29 August 1981

    Deployed to Skrydstrup, Denmark, under Coronet Rudder.

    4 June 1983

    Last flight.
    One of 24 F-105s flown on ceremonial final mission at Hill AFB, UT. After mission, 61-0199 was one of 7 F-105s flown to Lackland AFB, TX.

    5 June 1983

    Redesignated as GF-105D.

    5 June 1983

    To Security Police Training Area (south), Kelly Field (formerly Kelly AFB), San Antonio, TX.
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    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    By April 2016

    Loaned to City of Tupelo, Tupelo, MS.

    By April 2016

    Placed on display with Veterans Park, Tupelo, MS.
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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
     Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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