On this day in aviation history, 70 years ago (October 22, 1955), the Republic F-105 Thunderchief made its first flight. The Thunderchief was a jet-powered fighter-bomber designed and built in the ...
On 8 December 1966, F 105 aircraft from Thailand launched another strike against North Vietnam. Cloud cover hid the targets, but danger was already in the air. When MiG 21s appeared, one F 105 ...