Republic F-84 Thunderjet - A Short History
Channel: A Short History
Date: 2021-07-10

The Republic F-84 Thunderjet was intended as a replacment for the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. It was developed during the 1940:s, and was a straight-winged American turbojet fighter-bomber, capable of  inflight refueling and was the first fighter capable of carrying a nuclear weapon.

SOURCE:
Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_F-84_Thunderjet, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) - the text has been modified and shortened. 

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Images in the Public Domain.
”F-84 Portugues.jpg” by SoAres, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:F-84_Portugues.jpg, License: CC BY-SA 2.5 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/deed.en)

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