Republic F-84F Thunderstreak

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The Republic F-84F Thunderstreak is a swept-wing turbojet-powered fighter-bomber designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Republic Aviation. The RF-84F Thunderflash is a variant of the F-84F that was designed for the photo reconnaissance mission. The aircraft was originally intended to be a relatively straightforward upgrade to the Republic F-84 Thunderjet to make it more competitive with the North American F-86 Sabre, differing largely in the use of a swept-wing and tail. Given the small number of changes, it was assigned the next model letter in the F-84 series, F. The prototypes demonstrated a number of performance and handling issues, which resulted in marginal improvement over the previous versions. Production was repeatedly delayed and another run of the straight-wing Thunderjets were completed as the G models. Looking for a clear performance edge compared to the G models, the engine was upgraded to the much more powerful British Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire built...

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