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Photo taken at the McMinville Evergreen aviation and space museum in Northern Oregon. Photo taken by me, ask for permission to use.

The Republic F-84F Thunderstreak was an American -built swept-wing turbojet fighter-bomber. While an evolutionary development of the straight-wing F-84 Thunderjet , the F-84F was a new design. The RF-84F Thunderflash was a photo reconnaissance version.

In 1949, a swept wing version of the F-84 was created with the hope of bringing performance to the level of the F-86 . The last production F-84E was fitted with a swept tail, a new wing with 38.5 degrees of leading edge sweep and 3.5 degrees of anhedral , and a J35-A-25 engine producing 5,300 pound-force (23.58 kN) of thrust . The aircraft was designated XF-96A. It flew on 3 June 1950 with Otto P. Haas at the controls. Although the airplane was capable of 602 knots (693 mph, 1,115 km/h), the performance gain over the F-84E was considered minor. Nonetheless, it was ordered into production in July 1950 as the F-84F Thunderstreak. The F-84 designation was retained because the fighter was expected to be a low-cost improvement of the straight-wing Thunderjet with over 55 percent commonality in tooling.

Role: Fighter-bomber /Reconnaissance aircraft
Manufacturer: Republic Aviation
First flight: June 3, 1950
Introduction: May 12, 1954
Retired: 1972 (US ANG), 1991 (Greece)
Primary users: United States Air Force ,Belgian Air Force ,German Air Force ,Royal Netherlands Air Force
Number built: 3,428
Unit cost: US$ 769,330 (F-84F)
Developed from: Republic F-84 Thunderjet
Variants: Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech

General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 43 ft 4¾ in (13.23 m)
Wingspan : 33 ft 7¼ in (10.25 m)
Height: 14 ft 4¾ in (4.39 m)
Wing area: 325 ft² (30 m²)
Empty weight : 13,830lb (5,200 kg)
Loaded weight: lb (kg)
Max. takeoff weight : 28,000 lb (12,701 kg)
Powerplant : 1 × Wright J65-W-3 turbojet , 7,220 lbf (32.2 kN)
Performance
Maximum speed : 695 mph (604 knots, 1,119 km/h, Mach .91) at sea level
Range : 810 mi (704 nmi, 1,304 km) combat radius with two droptanks
Service ceiling : 46,000 ft (14,000 m)
Rate of climb : 8,200 ft/min (42 m/s)
Wing loading : 86 lb/ft² (423 kg/m²)
Armament
6× .50 in (12.7 mm) Browning M3 machine guns,
Up to 6,000lb (2,727 kg) of rockets and bombs, including one Mark 7 nuclear bomb
Avionics
A-1CM or A-4 gunsight with APG-30 or MK-18 ranging radar
Communications Equipment
AN/ARC-33 or 34 command set radio
AN/APX-6 or 6A IFF set
AN/AR-6 radio compass
AN/APW-11 or 11A radar set
AN/APN-21 TACAN set

Description
Photo taken at the McMinville Evergreen aviation and space museum in Northern Oregon. Photo taken by me, ask for permission to use.

The Republic F-84F Thunderstreak was an American -built swept-wing turbojet fighter-bomber. While an evolutionary development of the straight-wing F-84 Thunderjet , the F-84F was a new design. The RF-84F Thunderflash was a photo reconnaissance version.

In 1949, a swept wing version of the F-84 was created with the hope of bringing performance to the level of the F-86 . The last production F-84E was fitted with a swept tail, a new wing with 38.5 degrees of leading edge sweep and 3.5 degrees of anhedral , and a J35-A-25 engine producing 5,300 pound-force (23.58 kN) of thrust . The aircraft was designated XF-96A. It flew on 3 June 1950 with Otto P. Haas at the controls. Although the airplane was capable of 602 knots (693 mph, 1,115 km/h), the performance gain over the F-84E was considered minor. Nonetheless, it was ordered into production in July 1950 as the F-84F Thunderstreak. The F-84 designation was retained because the fighter was expected to be a low-cost improvement of the straight-wing Thunderjet with over 55 percent commonality in tooling.

Role: Fighter-bomber /Reconnaissance aircraft
Manufacturer: Republic Aviation
First flight: June 3, 1950
Introduction: May 12, 1954
Retired: 1972 (US ANG), 1991 (Greece)
Primary users: United States Air Force ,Belgian Air Force ,German Air Force ,Royal Netherlands Air Force
Number built: 3,428
Unit cost: US$ 769,330 (F-84F)
Developed from: Republic F-84 Thunderjet
Variants: Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech

General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 43 ft 4¾ in (13.23 m)
Wingspan : 33 ft 7¼ in (10.25 m)
Height: 14 ft 4¾ in (4.39 m)
Wing area: 325 ft² (30 m²)
Empty weight : 13,830lb (5,200 kg)
Loaded weight: lb (kg)
Max. takeoff weight : 28,000 lb (12,701 kg)
Powerplant : 1 × Wright J65-W-3 turbojet , 7,220 lbf (32.2 kN)
Performance
Maximum speed : 695 mph (604 knots, 1,119 km/h, Mach .91) at sea level
Range : 810 mi (704 nmi, 1,304 km) combat radius with two droptanks
Service ceiling : 46,000 ft (14,000 m)
Rate of climb : 8,200 ft/min (42 m/s)
Wing loading : 86 lb/ft² (423 kg/m²)
Armament
6× .50 in (12.7 mm) Browning M3 machine guns,
Up to 6,000lb (2,727 kg) of rockets and bombs, including one Mark 7 nuclear bomb
Avionics
A-1CM or A-4 gunsight with APG-30 or MK-18 ranging radar
Communications Equipment
AN/ARC-33 or 34 command set radio
AN/APX-6 or 6A IFF set
AN/AR-6 radio compass
AN/APW-11 or 11A radar set
AN/APN-21 TACAN set