by

Tom Hildreth

This is an April, 2006 shot of the F-84F on display at Barnes ANGB, Westfield, Massachusetts.
The Thunderjet was flown from here by the resident 104th TFG from 1964-1971. Now the 104th
Fighter Wing, this establishment currently flies the F-15C Eagle.

Marked as 52-6701, this Thunderstreak may have been operated by the 104th TFG at Barnes Airport
25 years before it was photographed at the Warner-Robins AFB museum decked out in a
checkerboard scheme reminiscent of the 363d TRW at Shaw AFB in the 1950s.

The recon version was the RF-84F Thunderflash, this one, finished in white, was photographed at the Hattiesburg, MS airport in 1990.

The mounted Thunderstreak below was located outside Keesler AFB, MS., where I photographed it
in 1966. It was located on US Highway 10, and it is likely that this F-84F display and everything else
in the vicinity was blown away by hurricane Camille in 1969.

At Camp Robinson, Arkansas, 55-1817 is displayed, though no F-84F was assigned that serial.

At the Travis AFB museum in California I photographed 52-6359 on 15 October 1996.
I have no idea if the paint scheme has an historical basis, but it sure looks good!

This Thunderstreak is at Volk Field, Wisconsin, and was photographed at the excellent airpark there
in July, 1994. Identified as 51-9365, it is displayed in a camouflage c/s that should represent an
F-84F from the late 1960s.

51-1620 at the ESAM Museum at Glenville (Schenectady), New York.

Here is a preserved Thunderstreak identifid as 51-1346, photographed at the Rickenbacker ANGB
air park in Ohio on 3 Sep 1995.

F-84F 51-1386 at the 8th Air Force Museum at Barksdale AFB, LA., 30 May 2013.

F-84F 52-8886 photographed at the South Dakota Air and Space Museum located adjacent to
Ellsorth AFB,SD., on 22 August 2012. Unfortunately this Thunderstreak historically non-conforming color scheme, lettering, and canopy.

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