F-84F "Thunderstreak"

The Republic YF-84F prototype, a modified F-84E straight-wing officially designated YF-96A, completed its hour-long first flight at Edwards in June 1950. The first flight of the revised F-model prototype, with its distinctly deeper fuselage profile, took place at Edwards in February 1951. More than 2700 Thunderstreaks were produced, 237 of them under license by General Motors, including this aircraft, at their St. Louis Buick factory. This F-84 was rescued from a back yard in the Midwest after 15 years of neglect by Mr. Pete Regina of Van Nuys, CA. Most of the restoration was done by Mr. Regina before he traded the aircraft to the Air Force Museum.

Edwards AFB, California · United States