All seven of the Takhli F-105Fs were shot down within six weeks. Getty Images Republic F-105 Thunderchief in flight, 1959. In their F-105Fs and later F-105Gs, the Weasels were not only first in ...

The F-105 served the United States Air Force from ... The last F-105D unit, the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing, based at Takhli ...

The F-105 Thunderchief itself was an ambitious aircraft ... 355th Tactical Fighter Wing, Takhli RTAFB. Major Charles R. “Dick” Brownlee was the pilot of the lead aircraft (s/n 62-4234 ...

The Republic F-105 Thunderchief, known to its crews as the Thud, was a cornerstone of US Air Force strike capability during the early Cold War and Vietnam War. Designed in the 1950s as a ...

“Takhli in October ’65 was not much more than ... “God knows where it’s going to go.” “The F-105 flew like a heavy T-38,” says Brazelton. “Even with bombs on it, I could do an ...