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Show HILL TOP TIMES 12 Page Friday, February 25, 1983 Ekase E?es?oirc,iio.ni Club flGiddes F-- 'Thyradeirstfirecak' 4 By Leslie Collin Hill AFB Restoration Club The "Thunderstreak" is the Restoration Club's newest addition. If you aren't already familiar with the you wouldn't know it was a F-84- F, "Thunderstreak" to look at it. on the or the Compared to the pad across from club headquarters at Bldg. 882 you're likely to pick one of the others as better fitting the nickname. However, June 3, 1950, the prototype was probably more streamlined and faster than the other planes that had flown in the wild blue yonder up to that point.1 Republic produced the prototype and manufactured the line with General Motors. About half of made by General Motors were supplied the to NATO Air Forces. In the late 1950s the plane was replaced by the were turned over to the Air and the National Guard. Some were temporarily called back into service with the Air Force due to the Berlin crisis in the early 1960s. on and the 4 Looking at the the pad today, the observer can easily imagine why the replaced the "Thunderstreak." The is sleeker and more sophisticated looking. The 4 was donated to Hill AFB 's Heritage AFB, Ariz. It arrived, Program by packed in several large crates, in late January. The Restoration Club is putting it together for display in the Air Park planned for the base. Last weekend the wings were put in place and the landing gear put down to support the plane. Crew chief for the restoration of the 4 is SSgt. Mike Ray who is volunteering his time with others to rebuild the heritage of Hill AFB. . When the crew has the plane the will have a wing span of 33 feet five inches F-10- F-1- 05 F-1- 01 0, F-84- mm mm Ii Mmmmmmmmm-- Mm ... ir F "WSw a& ! .. ... iJx F-84- Fs F-1- F-84- Fs 00 F-1- F-1- F-8- 00 . side-by-si- de ;.Ks; (U.S. Air Force Photo by Paul Smith) F-1- 00 00 Davis-Montha- Thunderstreak as it looked when it arrived here in late January. It was crated and shipped The from AFB, Ariz, for use in the Hill AFB Heritage Program. The Restoration Club now has the wings on and the plane standing on its landing gear by Bldg. 882. F-84- F Davis-Montha- n F-8- :- . F-8- F-84- .w. Xss . F and a height of 15 feet. Maximum weight for the plane was 27,000 pounds. It toted six .50 caliber machine-gun- s, 24 five-inc- h rockets and- - 6,000 pounds of external bombs. Its engine possessed 7,220 pounds of thrust. The plane cost the Air Force 1950s. It cruised at a speed of 535 miles per hour and had a maximum speed of 685 mph. 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