F-105 Survivors

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F-105 Survivors lists all known surviving Republic F-105 Thunderchief complete airframes in the world (as at May 2008) along with their serial number, location, and any notes of significance about that airframe.

Contents 1 F-105B 2 F-105D 3 F-105F 4 F-105G 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] F-105B

• YF-105B-1RE 54-0102 - USS Alabama (BB-60) Aircraft Collection, Mobile, AL (nicknamed Dragon Wagon)
• F-105B-5RE 54-0104 - Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum (former Chanute AFB, Rantoul, IL (painted as a Thunderbird)
• JF-105B-5RE 54-0105 - Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX
• JF-105B-5RE 54-0107 - Hickory Sabre Society, Hickory, NC
• F-105B-10RE 57-5776 - 108th Air Refueling Wing/New Jersey Air National Guard compound, McGuire Air Force Base, NJ
• F-105B-10RE 57-5778 - New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, CT
• F-105B-10RE 57-5783 - Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City, NY
• F-105B-10RE 57-5784 - Planetario Severo Díaz Galindo Science Museum, Guadalajara, Mexico
• F-105B-15RE 57-5789 - Winston Field Airport, Snyder, TX
• F-105B-15RE 57-5792 - Zanesville Municipal Airport, Zanesville, OH
• F-105B-15RE 57-5793 - Yankee Air Museum, Willow Run, MI (former Thunderbird, destroyed in 2004 hangar fire)
• F-105B-20RE 57-5803 - March Field Air Museum, March Air Reserve Base, Riverside, CA
• F-105B-20RE 57-5814 - fate is unconfirmed, last reported at Salt Lake City International Airport, UT (former Thunderbird)
• F-105B-20RE 57-5817 - Poinsett Weapons Range near Shaw Air Force Base, SC
• F-105B-20RE 57-5819 - Chillicothe Municipal Airport, MO (repainted in authentic camo 2008)
• F-105B-20RE 57-5820 - MAPS Air Museum, Akron-Canton Airport, OH
• F-105B-20RE 57-5823 - Fairchild Air Force Base Memorial Park, WA
• F-105B-20RE 57-5835 - fate is unconfirmed, last reported at Camp Bullis Military Training Reservation, San Antonio, TX
• F-105B-20RE 57-5837 - Castle Air Museum (former Castle AFB), Atwater, CA
• F-105B-20RE 57-5838 - Volk Field Air National Guard Base, WI (the last 'B' model Thunderchief to fly, nicknamed Xanadu)
• F-105B-20RE 57-5839 - South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth Air Force Base, SD

[edit] F-105D

• F-105D-5RE 58-1155 - Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin Air Force Base, FL (marked as 59-1771, nicknamed Ohio Express and Foley's Folley)
• F-105D-5RE 58-1172 - fate is unconfirmed, last reported at Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center, MD
• F-105D-5RE 59-1738 - Linear Air Park, Dyess Air Force Base, TX (marked as 60-517, nicknamed The Yellow Rose)
• F-105D-5RE 59-1739 - American Airpower Heritage Museum, Midland International Airport, TX (nicknamed Queen of the Fleet)
• F-105D-5RE 59-1743 - Hill Aerospace Museum Hill AFB, Ogden, UT (marked as 61-743, nicknamed Arkansas Traveller)
• F-105D-5RE 59-1759 - Yanks Air Museum, Chino, CA
• F-105D-6RE 59-1771 - America Veterans Post 2256, Circleville, OH (nicknamed Blackbart)
• F-105D-6RE 59-1822 - Imperial War Museum Duxford, United Kingdom (awaiting restoration, nicknamed Superhog, previously nicknamed Polish Glider)

• F-105D-10RE 60-0438 - fate is unconfirmed, last reported at National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC (stored)
• F-105D-10RE 60-0445 - National Air And Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, VA
• F-105D-10RE 60-0455 - American Legion, Henry H Graves Post No 1, Jackson, MS
• F-105D-10RE 60-0471 - Yanks Air Museum, Chino, CA
• F-105D-10RE 60-0482 - United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO
• F-105D-10RE 60-0492 - Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum, Space Coast Regional Airport, Titusville, FL (nicknamed Ye Old War Horse)
• F-105D-10RE 60-0500 - Historic Aviation Memorial Museum, Tyler Pounds Regional Airport, TX

• F-105D-10RE 60-0504 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
• F-105D-10RE 60-0504 - National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (nicknamed Memphis Belle II)
• F-105D-10RE 60-0508 - Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum (formerly Lowry Heritage Museum at Lowry AFB), Lowry Campus, Denver, Colorado
• F-105D-10RE 60-0535 - Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, MS
• F-105D-10RE 60-5385 - Undergoing restoration by the OV-10 Bronco Association, TX (nicknamed Fireball Express)
• F-105D-15RE 61-0041 - District of Columbia Air National Guard HQ Building, Andrews Air Force Base, MD
• F-105D-15RE 61-0050 - Virginia Air National Guard complex, Richmond International Airport, VA (nicknamed The Boss)
• F-105D-15RE 61-0056 - Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, NC (as a gate guard)
• F-105D-15RE 61-0069 - Near the Strategic Air and Space Museum and Offutt AFB, NE (on a pedestal next to I-80 between Lincoln & Omaha)
• F-105D-15RE 61-0073 - Air Power Park, Hampton, VA
• F-105D-15RE 61-0086 - Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, AZ (nicknamed Big Sal)
• F-105D-15RE 61-0088 - Grissom Air Museum, Grissom Air Reserve Base, IN
• F-105D-15RE 61-0093 - Texas Air Museum, Slaton, TX
• F-105D-15RE 61-0099 - Air Classics Museum, Aurora Municipal Airport (Illinois), Sugar Grove, IL
• F-105D-15RE 61-0100 - Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth (former Carswell AFB), TX
• F-105D-15RE 61-0106 - Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX (#4 in a simulated flightline for security police training)
• F-105D-20RE 61-0107 - National Atomic Museum (adjacent to Kirtland AFB), Alburquerque, NM
• F-105D-20RE 61-0108 - Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX (#8 in a simulated flightline for security police training)
• F-105D-20RE 61-0110 - Roswell Industrial Air Center (former Walker AFB), Roswell, NM
• F-105D-20RE 61-0115 - Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX (#5 in a simulated flightline for security police training)
• F-105D-20RE 61-0138 - Bolling Air Force Base, DC (marked as 59-1771, nicknamed Ohio Express)
• F-105D-20RE 61-0145 - Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo, NM (as a gate guard, marked as 61-0041)
• F-105D-20RE 61-0146 - AFFTC Museum, Edwards Air Force Base, CA
• F-105D-20RE 61-0159 - Warrior Park, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, AZ
• F-105D-25RE 61-0164 - Hunter Memorial Park, Douglasville, GA (marked as 59-1746)
• F-105D-25RE 61-0165 - Pope Air Force Base, NC (as a gate guard, may soon be moved to Moody Air Force Base, Valdosta, GA)
• F-105D-25RE 61-0175 - Sheppard Air Force Base Air Park, Wichita Falls, TX
• F-105D-25RE 61-0176 - Maxwell Air Force Base Air Park, AL
• F-105D-25RE 61-0188 - Langley Air Force Base Memorial Park, VA (marked as 61-0217)
• F-105D-25RE 61-0199 - Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX (#7 in a simulated flightline for security police training)
• F-105D-25RE 62-4228 - Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX (#1 in a simulated flightline for security police training)
• F-105D-30RE 62-4242 - Vance Air Force Base, Enid, OK
• F-105D-30RE 62-4253 - Reflections of Freedom Historical Air Park, McConnell Air Force Base, Wichita, KS
• F-105D-30RE 62-4259 - Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX (#2 in a simulated flightline for security police training)
• F-105D-31RE 62-4279 - Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX (#6 in a simulated flightline for security police training)
• F-105D-31RE 62-4299 - Travis Air Museum, Travis Air Force Base, CA

• F-105D-31RE 62-4301 - Aerospace Museum of California, McClellan Airfield (former McClellan AFB), CA
• F-105D-31RE 62-4318 - Fairview Park, Centralia, IL (nicknamed Red River Queen)
• F-105D-31RE 62-4328 - Arnold Air Force Base, TN
• F-105D-31RE 62-4346 - Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX (#9 in a simulated flightline for security police training)
• F-105D-31RE 62-4347 - Hill Air Force Base, UT (as a gate guard)
• F-105D-31RE 62-4353 - Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX (#3 in a simulated flightline for security police training)
• F-105D-31RE 62-4360 - Tinker Air Force Base Airpark, OK (nicknamed Iron Duke)
• F-105D-31RE 62-4361 - American Airpower Museum, Republic Airport, Farmingdale , NY
• F-105D-31RE 62-4375 - Combat Air Museum, Forbes Field Air National Guard Base (former Forbes AFB), Topeka, KS
• F-105D-31RE 62-4383 - March Field Air Museum, March Air Reserve Base, Riverside, CA (marked as 62-4385)
• F-105D-31RE 62-4387 - History and Traditions Museum, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX

[edit] F-105F

• F-105F-1RE 62-4417 - Flugausstellung Aircraft Museum, Hermeskeil, Germany
• F-105F-1RE 62-4418 - Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan
• F-105F-1RE 63-8261 - Robinson AAF, Little Rock, AR
• F-105F-1RE 63-8287 - Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum (former Chanute AFB), Rantoul, IL (the last Thunderchief to fly (on 10 March 1984) nicknamed Root Pak Rat)
• F-105F-1RE 63-8325 - fate is unconfirmed, last reported at Aerospace Museum of California, McClellan Airfield (former McClellan AFB), CA
• F-105F-1RE 63-8331 - Pacific Coast Air Museum, Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, CA
• F-105F-1RE 63-8343 - Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, TX
• F-105F-1RE 63-8357 - Le musée de l'aviation, Savigny-lès-Beaune, France
• F-105F-1RE 63-8365 - Southern Museum of Flight, Birmingham, AL
• F-105F-1RE 63-8366 - McConnell Air Force Base, KS (as a gate guard, the last F-105 built)

[edit] F-105G

• F-105G-1RE 62-4416 - Joe Davies Heritage Airpark, Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale, CA
• F-105G-1RE 62-4425 - Robert Meachen, American Legion Post #325, Blissfield, MI
• F-105G-1RE 62-4427 - Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, AZ
• F-105G-1RE 62-4428 - RAF Croughton, United Kingdom (as a gate guard)
• F-105G-1RE 62-4432 - Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, OR
• F-105G-1RE 62-4438 - Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB, Warner Robins, GA
• F-105G-1RE 62-4440 - Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill AFB, Ogden, UT
• F-105G-1RE 62-4444 - Empire State Aerosciences Museum, Glenville, NY (former Combat Martin)
• F-105G-1RE 62-4446 - Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany (as a gate guard)
• F-105G-1RE 63-8266 - Mid-America Air Museum, Liberal , KS
• F-105G-1RE 63-8274 - Glenn L Martin Aviation Museum, Baltimore, MD (former Commando Nail EF-105F)
• F-105G-1RE 63-8276 - Nellis Air Force Base, NV (former Commando Nail EF-105F, as a gate guard)
• F-105G-1RE 63-8278 - Sacramento Mather Airport (former Mather AFB), Rancho Cordova, CA (former Commando Nail EF-105F)
• F-105G-1RE 63-8285 - fate is unconfirmed, last reported at AMARC, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, AZ
• F-105G-1RE 63-8296 - England Air Park, Alexandria International Airport, LA
• F-105G-1RE 63-8300 - Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace, Le Bourget, France
• F-105G-1RE 63-8306 - Aviation Cadet Museum, Silver Wings Field Airport, Eureka Springs, AR
• F-105G-1RE 63-8320 - National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (nicknamed Bam-Bam)
• F-105G-1RE 63-8336 - Aviation Classics Ltd, Reno Stead Airport (former Stead AFB), NV (marked as 63-8332)
• F-105G-1RE 63-8345 - Dobbins ARB, Atlanta, GA (as a gate guard, marked as 62-4425)
• F-105G-1RE 63-8363 - fate is unconfirmed, last reported at Texas Air Museum, Stinson Municipal Airport, TX

[edit] See also

Wikisource has several original texts related to: Audio recordings and transcripts with comments of actual F-105 Wild Weasel combat missions over Vietnam.

• F-105 Thunderchief
• List of F-105 Units of the United States Air Force
• Century Series
• Thud Ridge
  

Related development

• F-84F Thunderstreak
  

Comparable aircraft

• Sukhoi Su-17
  

Related lists

• List of fighter aircraft
• List of military aircraft of the United States
  

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: F-105 Thunderchief

• USAF Museum F-105D Factsheet
• USAF Museum F-105f/G Factsheet
• The Republic F-105 Thunderchief from Greg Goebel's AIR VECTORS
• The F-105 Thud, a legend flown by legends
• Craig Baker's F-105 Site
• Thud Ridge Web: Republic F-105 Thunderchief In Combat
• Break-left: F-105 Thunderchief
• F-105 Thunderchief Walk Around at Wings Oover the Rockies Museum, Denver, CO.
• Aerospaceweb.org profile of the F-105
• Twenty-five hour day - Filmprimarily covering an F-105 attack over North Vietnam. Plenty of Thud footage, and coverage of the support required for such an operation: maintenance crews, planning, refuelling, search and rescue, etc (thumbnails).
• AeroWeb list of F-105 Thunderchiefs on display in the US.

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