02346nam 22005053 450 991082256300332120231110212903.01-80282-127-9(CKB)5580000000337232(MiAaPQ)EBC7012414(Au-PeEL)EBL7012414(OCoLC)1328137597(BIP)081852023(EXLCZ)99558000000033723220220826d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRepublic F-105 Thunderchief Peacetime OperationsHavertown :Key Publishing,2022.©2022.1 online resource (128 pages)Historic Military Aircraft ;v.61-913870-66-9 The F-105 Thunderchief was primarily designed for tactical nuclear operations. For this reason, it was on nuclear "Victor" alert in Europe (Bitburg and Spangdahlem Air Bases in Germany) and the Far East (Kadena on Okinawa and Osan in the Republic of Korea). After President John F. Kennedy took office in January 1961, his Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, shifted the USAF's focus more and more to conventional warfare including, through modifications, the mission of the F-105. When the air war against North Vietnam was initiated in earnest on March 2, 1965, the USAF needed an aircraft with a load-carrying ability, and the only aircraft that could do that job was the Thunderchief. This book not only gives in-depth accounts of various historical F-105 events, with inputs from the pilots involved, but is also lavishly illustrated with over 150 images, many of which have never been published before.Historic Military Aircraft Republic F-105 ThunderchiefHistoryThunderchief (Jet fighter plane)Military Art And ScienceTechnology & EngineeringHistory.Thunderchief (Jet fighter plane).623.7464van Geffen Theo1664473Arruda Gerald1664474MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822563003321Republic F-105 Thunderchief4022520UNINA