F-105G Thunderchief

The F-105G Thunderchief, serial number 82-4425, was manufactured by Republic at Farmingdale, New York, and entered the USAF inventory on January 16, 1964. Its recorded assignments included the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina; the 4485th Test Wing at Eglin AFB, Florida; Republic Aviation Corporation at Crestview, Florida, for work; the 4520th Combat Crew Training Wing and the 4525th Fighter Weapons Wing at Nellis AFB; Sacramento Air Materiel Area at McClellan AFB, California; deployments to Osan AB, Kwanju AB, and Kadena AB in Korea and Japan; the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing at Kadena AB, Japan; eight deployments to Kwanju AB, Korea; redesignation as an F-105G in October 1970; assignment to the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing at Corat RTAB, Thailand; the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing at George AFB, California; deployments to Nellis AFB, MacDill AFB, and Karup AFB, Denmark; and later service with the 116th Tactical Fighter Wing of the Air National Guard at Dobbins AFB, Georgia, where it remained in inactive status in January 1983.

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