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The Thud: F-105s Did the Dirty Jobs and Took Crippling Losses

The F-105 served for 27 years and changed the way the Air Force thought about supersonic bombers. On February 25th 1984, the Air Force Reserve’s 466th Tactical Fighter Squadron, a…

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The LaGuardia Expressway Visual to Runway 31. (Photo by Jim Henderson (CC 4.0))

Giveaway Alert!

Still shiny after all these years. Can anyone guess what this type of plane was used for back in the day? I'll give you a hint. There were actually at least five versions across the Army Air Forces and the US Navy. Mega avgeek props if you can name them all.

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