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    Airframe Family: Republic F-105
    Latest Model:F-105B-15-RE Thunderchief
    Last Military Serial:57-5792 USAF
    Construction Number:B29
    Latest Owner or Location:Zanesville Municipal Airport, Zanesville, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    From Unknown to 12 February 1959

    Constructed as a F-105B-15-RE by Republic at Farmindale, New York, USA.

    30 March 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-5792.

    14 May 1959

    To 335th TFS, 4th TFW, Eglin AFB, FL.

    Was one of six F-105Bs assigned to the F-105B Category II Nuclear Weapons Test Team.

    2 November 1960

    Base of operations changed.
    Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC.

    By 6 June 1962

    Transferred to 336th TFS, 4th TFW, Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC.

    31 October 1964

    Transferred to 141st TFS, 108th TFG, New Jersey ANG, McGuire AFB, NJ.
    Operated with markings: NJ

    7 January 1981

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number FK0028.

    By 1985

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    From 26 August 1991 to 1997

    To Anderson County AP, Kings MT., NC.
    While displayed at Anderson County AP, this F-105 was heavily vandalized and the local community commissioners refused to pay for a fence to protect it from vandals and to pay for repairs until it was too late. In 1997 the airport manager asked that the NMUSAF take it back.


    Photographer: Bryan Hallman
    Notes: This is the aircraft in Kings Mountain NC in the late 80s.

    February 1999

    Loaned to City of Zanesville, Zanesville, OH.

    8 February 1999

    Placed on display with Zanesville Municipal Airport, Zanesville, OH.
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    2007


    Photographer: Andy West

    30 August 2014


    Photographer: Mike Bates
    Notes: I finished major work today on repairs and repainting 8-30-14.

    30 August 2014


    Photographer: Mike Bates
    Notes: It is in the markings of the 335th TFS, 4th TFW 1960-64 when it was assigned to the squadron.

    30 August 2014


    Photographer: Mike Bates

    30 August 2014


    Photographer: Mike Bates
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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 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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