DescriptionF-105D Wings Museum Colo.JPG | English: Republic F-105D Thunderchief at Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum, Denver www.wingsmuseum.org Service History - Thunderchief 60-0508 was delivered 8 November 1961 from Farmingdale, NY to USAF(USAFE)
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- Brookley AFB Mobile Air Materiel Area (AMA), AL, November 8, 1961.
- (Republic's contract no. 38927 project 88, 196th in production line.)
- 17 Dec 61 -- Assigned to 4440th Aircraft Delivery Group
- 20 Dec 61 -- To 49th TFW, USAFE, Spangdahlem AB, (FRG) Germany
- (Prelimary research by John Graff, past Military A/C Curator, WOTRASM, 508 assigned to 8th TFS, circa 2000)
- 27 Oct 62 and 8 Aug 64 -- Back to Brookley AMA, AL for modification work
- (Project LOOK-ALIKE); returned to 49th after each period
- 17 Jul 65 -- To CASA Getafe, Spain, for maintenance (presume "SIXPACK" mods and camo paint)
- 12 Aug 65 -- To 3415th Maintenance and Supply Group, ATC, Lowry AFB, Denver CO, as tech training airframe.
- 28 Feb 66 -- struck from USAF inventory
- Oct 75 -- To Lowry Tech. Traning Center, Lowry AFB
- 18 Mar 76 -- Dropped from mntce inventory, to parade grounds
- circa 84 -- To Lowry Heritage Museum, Lowry AFB
- Dec 94 -- To Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum, (Lowry AFB closed), Lowry Campus, Denver CO
- Flight hours logged
- 1961 -- 21
- 1962 -- 230
- 1963 -- 290
- 1964 -- 217
- 1965 -- 110...... Total 868 flying hours.
- Sources: Dave Gurtner and his research associates at Maxwell AFB's History Office report to Lowry AFB (report on file at Wings Over the Rockies Museum); and from British Aviation Review, by the British Aviation Research Group, November 1995 (p. N1115).
- Also, date details of flight hours provided by Theordore W. Van Geffen, Jr, author of F-105 Profile No. 226, letter from Geffen to Lowry (LTTC) 6 Jun 84 (on file Collections Dept. Wings Over the Rockies Museum).
- Note: As of 10 Nov 06, 8th TFS assignment has not been confirmed or verified, Lance Barber, Curator Mil A/C.
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