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    Airframe Family: Republic F-105
    Latest Model:F-105F-1-RE Thunderchief
    Last Military Serial:63-8287 USAF
    Construction Number:F064
    Latest Owner or Location:Chanute Air Museum, Chanute AFB (formerly), Rantoul, Illinois

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-105F-1-RE by Republic at Farmindale, New York, USA.

    15 May 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 63-8287.

    May 1964

    Transferred to 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, Itazuke AB, Japan.
    Operated with markings: FH-287

    31 August 1967

    Transferred to 562nd Tactical Fighter Squadron 23rd TFW, McConnell AFB, KS.
    Training pilot for Vietnam.

    From 1969 to 1970

    Transferred to 354th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 355th Tactical Fighter Wing, Takhli Royal Thai AFB, Thailand.
    Flew combat missions over Vietnam.

    1971

    Transferred to 305th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 507th Tactical Fighter Wing, Tinker AFB, OK.
    Operated with markings: SH

    12 July 1972

    Transferred to 465th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 507th TFW, Tinker AFB, OK.
    Operated with markings: SH

    1 October 1980

    Transferred to 466th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 301st Tactical Fighter Wing, 508th TFG, Hill AFB, UT.
    Operated with markings: HI

    17 September 1983


    Photographer: Peter B Lewis / San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
    Notes: At Hill AFB

    10 March 1984

    Ferry flight. Delivered to Chanute Air Force Base, Rantoul, IL.
    Last flight of an F-105F.

    March 1984

    Placed on display.
    Displayed at Thunderbird Air Park.

    10 March 1984

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    October 1991


    Photographer: Wayne Gomes
    Notes: Photographed at the Chanute AFB Museum in Rantoul, IL.

    October 1993

    Loaned to Chanute Air Museum, Chanute AFB (formerly), Rantoul, IL.
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    19 September 1995


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    3 August 2005


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    6 April 2012


    Photographer: John Meneely
    Notes: Chanute Air Museum, Rantoul, IL, USA

    20 April 2013


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    31 October 2015

    Chanute Museum closed.

    2019

    Scrapped.
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