Republic F-105 Thunderchief Peacetime Operations
Republic F-105 Thunderchief Peacetime Operations
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 United States Air Force’s (USAF) focus towards 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 provides in-depth accounts of various historical F-105 events, with input from the pilots involved, and is also lavishly illustrated with more than 150 images, many of which have never been published before.
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ISBN: 978 1 913870 66 9
Price: £15.99
Series: Historic Military Aircraft Series, vol 6
Format: Paperback, 96 pages
Author: Theo van Geffen and Gerald Arruda