And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
My Dad flew the RF-84F ThunderFlash in the Air National Guard, 188th FS in Fort Smith Arkansas, so I was able to get a close up look. To me the RF version with wing root intakes and the camera nose is probably one of the best looking fighter type aircraft that the U.S. Air Force (and some foreign Air Forces) ever had.
Republic always made a hefty product !
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Republic always concentrated on bringing the pilot back one way or the other....this swept winger was much improved over the straight wing version....
ReplyDeleteMy Dad flew the RF-84F ThunderFlash in the Air National Guard, 188th FS in Fort Smith Arkansas, so I was able to get a close up look. To me the RF version with wing root intakes and the camera nose is probably one of the best looking fighter type aircraft that the U.S. Air Force (and some foreign Air Forces) ever had.
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Bill, thanks for the excellent link.
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