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    Airframe Family: Republic F-105
    Latest Model:F-105D-31-RE Thunderchief
    Last Military Serial:62-4375 USAF
    Construction Number:D574
    Latest Owner or Location:Combat Air Museum, Forbes AFB, Topeka, Kansas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-105D-31-RE by Republic at Farmindale, New York, USA.

    21 June 1963

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 62-4375.

    8 October 1963

    To 8th TFW, Itazuke AB, Japan.

    13 May 1964

    Transferred to 41st Air Division, PACAF, Yokota Air Base AB, Japan.

    From 30 April 1965 to After 10 August 1965

    Transferred to 6441st TFW, PACAF, Yokota AB, Japan.
    Albert Penrose comments (8 February 2014): I was the Assistant Crew Chief on a/c 62-4375. It was the Wing commander aircraft.

    15 November 1966

    Transferred to 41st Air Division, PACAF, Yokota Air Base AB, Japan.

    18 April 1967

    To 67th TFS, 18th TFW, PACAF, Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan.
    Several deployments to Osan AB and Kwangju AB South Korea.

    From 29 January 1968 to 25 March 1968

    TDY to Osan AB, South Korea, in response to the USS Pueblo incident.

    12 June 1971

    Transferred to 23rd TFW, McConnell AFB, KS.

    1 March 1972

    Transferred to 562nd TFS, 23rd TFW, McConnell AFB, KS.

    11 July 1972

    To 561st TFS, 23rd TFW, McConnell AFB, KS.

    July 1972

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

    20 December 1980

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

    From 15 August 1981 to 29 August 1981

    Deployed during CORONET RUDDER to Skrydstrup, Denmark.

    By 1988

    Permanently withdrawn from use.

    By 1988

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    By 1988

    To Professional Military Education Center, McGee Tyson AP, Knoxville ANGB, KY.

    August 1992

    Loaned to Combat Air Museum, Topeka, KS.

    August 1992

    Placed on display with Combat Air Museum, Forbes AFB, Topeka, KS.
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    25 March 2021


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    25 March 2021


    Photographer: Max Sabin
    Notes: The only available angle to get a photo of the tail
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     Albert Penrose
    Max Sabin
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