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List of surviving Republic F-105 Thunderchiefs

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This article lists all 105 known surviving Republic F-105 Thunderchief complete airframes in the world as of May 2021, along with their serial number, location, and any notes of significance about that airframe. In addition to the complete airframes listed below, there is a cockpit section from 63-8309 in Georgia and one from 62-4422 in Arkansas.

Surviving aircraft

=France=

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;;F-105G

  • 63-8300 – Musee de l’ Air et de l’ Espace, Le Bourget, France.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}

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=Germany=

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;On display

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;;F-105G

=Japan=

;On display

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  • 62-4418 – Gate 1 Display Area, Kadena AB, Okinawa.[https://cdn.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/photos/1901/5019724/1000w_q95.jpg] dvidshub.net Retrieved: 06 May 2021.

=Mexico=

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;On display

;;F-105B

=Poland=

;On display

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  • 59-1822 – Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego, (Polish Aviation Museum), Kraków.[http://www.muzeumlotnictwa.pl/zbiory_sz.php?ido=308&w=a "F-105 Thunderchief/59-1822."] www.muzeumlotnictwa.pl Retrieved: 3 March 2019.

=United States=

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;On display

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  • 58-1155 – Displayed as AF Ser. No. 59-1771 Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin AFB, Florida.[http://www.afarmamentmuseum.com/outside.shtml# "F-105 Thunderchief/58-1155."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012072145/http://afarmamentmuseum.com/outside.shtml |date=2014-10-12 }} USAF Armament Museum. Retrieved: 21 March 2013.
  • 59-1738 – Dyess Linear Air Park, Dyess AFB, Texas.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}
  • 59-1739 – Commemorative Air Force, Midland, Texas.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}
  • 59-1743 – Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill AFB, Utah.[http://www.hill.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=5790 "F-105 Thunderchief/59-1743."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302211642/http://www.hill.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=5790 |date=2013-03-02 }} Hill Aerospace Museum. Retrieved: 21 March 2013.
  • 59-1759 – under restoration at Yanks Air Museum in Chino, California.[https://yanksair.com/Products/140/71/Republic-F-105D-Thunderchief-3/ "F-105 Thunderchief/59-1759."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925092912/https://yanksair.com/Products/140/71/Republic-F-105D-Thunderchief-3/ |date=2015-09-25 }} Yanks Air Museum. Retrieved: 28 January 2015.
  • 59-1771 – American Veterans (AMVETS) Post 2256, Circleville, Ohio.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}
  • 60-0445 – Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia.[http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?object=nasm_A19820064000 "F-105 Thunderchief/60-0445."] NASM. Retrieved: 28 January 2015.
  • 60-0452 – Private collection of Dan Bissell at Bissell Auto & Body, St. Louis, MO. Note: Not open to the public.{{cite web |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/a-hobby-takes-flight-how-one-man-built-a-collection-of-historic-military-planes-in/article_9806c3a0-9cc1-59c8-b913-f7c1457c72a0.html |title= A hobby takes flight: How one man built a collection of historic military planes in St. Louis|website=www.stltoday.com |access-date=7 May 2021}}{{title missing|date=May 2022}}
  • 60-0455 – Veteran's Memorial Park, Dixon, Illinois. (Moved from Jackson, Mississippi in 2009 and restored to Vietnam era camouflage markings.)[http://www.honorourvets.org/ "F-105 Thunderchief/60-0455."] Veterans Memorial Park. Retrieved: 28 January 2015.
  • 60-0471 – under restoration at Yanks Air Museum in Chino, California.[https://yanksair.com/Products/139/71/Republic-F-105D-Thunderchief-2/ "F-105 Thunderchief/60-0471."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924210932/https://yanksair.com/Products/139/71/Republic-F-105D-Thunderchief-2/ |date=2015-09-24 }} Yanks Air Museum. Retrieved: 28 January 2015.
  • 60-0482 – USAF Academy, Colorado.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}
  • 60-0492 – Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum, Space Coast Regional Airport, Titusville, Florida.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}
  • 60-0500 – Historic Aviation Memorial Museum, Tyler, Texas.[http://tylerhamm.com/exhibit-f105d.htm "F-105 Thunderchief/60-0500."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411135044/http://www.tylerhamm.com/exhibit-f105d.htm |date=2013-04-11 }} Historic Aviation Memorial Museum. Retrieved: 21 March 2013.
  • 60-0504 – National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio.[https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196054/republic-f-105d-thunderchief/ "Republic F-105D Thunderchief."] National Museum of the United States Air Force. Retrieved: 13 September 2015.
  • 60-0508 – Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum, former Lowry AFB, Denver, Colorado.[http://www.wingsmuseum.org/discover/aircraft-exhibits "F-105 Thunderchief/60-0508."] Wings Over The Rockies Aviation & Space Museum. Retrieved: 21 March 2013.
  • 60-0535 – Keesler AFB Air Park, Mississippi.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}
  • 60-5385 – Fort Worth Aviation Museum, Fort Worth, Texas[http://vmapaircraft.weebly.com/f-105d-thunderchief.html "F-105 Thunderchief/60-5385."] Fort Worth Aviation Museum. Retrieved: 28 January 2015.
  • 61-0041 – District of Columbia Air National Guard - 113th Wing complex, Andrews AFB, Maryland.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}
  • 61-0056 – Seymour Johnson AFB, Goldsboro, North Carolina.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}
  • 61-0069 – Mounted on a pedestal along Interstate 80 as part of the Strategic Air and Space Museum's collection near Ashland, Nebraska.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}
  • 61-0073 – Air Power Park, Hampton, Virginia.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}
  • 61-0086 – Pima Air & Space Museum, adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona.[http://www.pimaair.org/aircraft-by-name/item/republic-f-105d-thunderchief "F-105 Thunderchief/61-0086."] Pima Air & Space Museum. Retrieved: 22 June 2015.
  • 61-0088 – Grissom Air Museum, Grissom ARB (former Grissom AFB), Indiana.[http://www.grissomairmuseum.com/gallery/fighters/plane-15 "F-105 Thunderchief/61-0088."] Grissom Air Museum. Retrieved: 28 January 2015.
  • 61-0093 – Texas Air Museum - Caprock Chapter, City of Slaton/Larry T. Neal Memorial Airport, Slaton, Texas.[http://www.thetexasairmuseum.org/aircraft/staticaircraft/F-105/ "F-105 Thunderchief/61-0093."] Texas Air Museum. Retrieved: 28 January 2015.
  • 61-0099 – Air Classics Museum of Aviation, Sugar Grove, Illinois.[http://airclassicsmuseum.org/Collection/F-105%20-%20Thunderchief.htm "F-105 Thunderchief/61-0099."] Air Classics Museum of Aviation. Retrieved: 28 January 2015.
  • 61-0100 – NAS Fort Worth JRB/Carswell Field (former Carswell AFB), Fort Worth, TX.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}
  • 61-0106 – Museum of the Kansas National Guard, Topeka, Kansas.[http://www.kansasguardmuseum.com/collections-and-static-displays/static-displays/] Museum of the Kansas National Guard Retrieved: 07 May 2021.
  • 61-0107 – National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, adjacent to Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, New Mexico.[http://www.nuclearmuseum.org/see/exhibits/heritage-park/ "F-105 Thunderchief/61-0107."] National Museum of Nuclear Science and History. Retrieved: 28 January 2013.
  • 61-0108 – Palm Springs Air Museum in Palm Springs, California.[http://www.palmspringsairmuseum.org/aircrafts.htm "F-105 Thunderchief/61-0108."] Palm Springs Air Museum. Retrieved: 28 January 2015.
  • 61-0110 – This airframe has the T-Stick II modification. Hobbs Army Airfield in Hobbs, NM. (Relocated in 2021 from Eastern New Mexico University - Roswell, Roswell Industrial Air Center, Roswell, New Mexico.)
  • 61-0115 – Helton Howland Memorial Park, Tallapoosa, Georgia.[https://www.tallapoosaga.gov/parks/] Helton Howland Memorial Park Retrieved: 07 May 2021.
  • 61-0138 – Bolling AFB, Washington, District of Columbia. Displayed as 59-1771.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}
  • 61-0145 – Holloman AFB, New Mexico.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}
  • 61-0146 – Century Circle at Edwards Air Force Base, near Rosamond, California.[http://afftcmuseum.org/exhibits/museum-aircraft-exhibits/ "F-105 Thunderchief/61-0159."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102195232/http://afftcmuseum.org/exhibits/museum-aircraft-exhibits/ |date=2017-01-02 }} Air Force Flight Test Center Museum. Retrieved: 28 January 2015.
  • 61-0159 – Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}
  • 61-0164 – Hunter Memorial Park, Douglasville, Georgia. Note: Painted to represent aircraft 59-1746.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}
  • 61-0165 – Moody AFB, Georgia.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}
  • 61-0175 – Sheppard AFB Air Park, Sheppard AFB, Texas.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}
  • 61-0176 – Maxwell AFB Air Park, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}
  • 61-0188 – Tactical Air Command Memorial Park, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Hampton, Virginia; displayed as AF Ser. No 61-0217 in the TAC Memorial Park, but in a 1990s/2000s USAF all gray tactical paint scheme with subdued insignia.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}
  • 61-0199 – Veteran's Park, Tupelo, Mississippi.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}
  • 62-4228 – Helton Howland Memorial Park, Tallapoosa, Georgia.[https://www.tallapoosaga.gov/parks/] Helton Howland Memorial Park Retrieved: 07 May 2021.
  • 62-4242 – Vance AFB, Oklahoma.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}
  • 62-4253 – Reflections of Freedom Historical Air Park, Wichita, Kansas.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}
  • 62-4259 – Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB, Warner Robins, Georgia.[http://www.museumofaviation.org/F105D.php "F-105 Thunderchief/62-4438."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120234655/http://www.museumofaviation.org/F105D.php |date=2015-01-20 }} Museum of Aviation. Retrieved: 28 January 2015.
  • 62-4279 – JBSA-Kelly Field Annex, San Antonio, Texas.[https://www.f105tps.org] Thunderchief Preservation Society Retrieved: 07 May 2021.
  • 62-4299 – Veterans Memorial Museum, Chehalis, Washington.[http://www.veteransmuseum.org/] Veterans Memorial Museum Retrieved: 07 May 2021.
  • 62-4301 – Aerospace Museum of California McClellan AFB), Sacramento, California.[http://www.aerospaceca.org/republic-f-105d-thunderchief-thud/ "F-105 Thunderchief/62-4301."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209043805/http://www.aerospaceca.org/republic-f-105d-thunderchief-thud/ |date=2013-02-09 }} McClellan AFB Museum. Retrieved: 21 March 2013.
  • 62-4318 – Fairview Park, Centralia, Illinois.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}
  • 62-4328 – Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}
  • 62-4346 – Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas, Texas.[http://www.flightmuseum.com/exhibits/aircraft-3/republic-f-105d-thunderchief/ "F-105 Thunderchief/62-4346."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204183957/http://www.flightmuseum.com/exhibits/aircraft-3/republic-f-105d-thunderchief/ |date=2014-12-04 }} Frontiers of Flight Museum. Retrieved: 29 January 2015.
  • 62-4347 – Hill AFB, Utah.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160822122756/http://www.hill.af.mil/Home/Hill-Aerospace-Museum] ‘’Hill Aerospace Museum’’ Retrieved: 07 May 2021.
  • 62-4353 – Freedom Museum, Pampa, Texas.[http://freedommuseumusa.com/?page_id=246] ‘’Freedom Museum’’ Retrieved: 07 May 2021.
  • 62-4360 – Tinker AFB, Oklahoma.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}
  • 62-4361 – American Airpower Museum, Republic Airport, Suffolk County, New York[http://americanairpowermuseum.com/2013/01/01/republic-f-105d-thunderchief/ "F-105 Thunderchief/62-4361."] American Airpower Museum. Retrieved: 28 January 2015.
  • 62-4375 – Combat Air Museum in Topeka, Kansas.[http://combatairmuseum.org/aircraft/republicf105thunderchief.html "F-105 Thunderchief/62-4375."] Combat Air Museum. Retrieved: 29 January 2015.
  • 62-4383 – March Field Air Museum, March ARB (former March AFB), Riverside, California.[http://www.marchfield.org/aircraft-exhibits/aircraft/f-105d-thunderchief-republic/ "F-105 Thunderchief/62-4383."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020080409/http://www.marchfield.org/aircraft-exhibits/aircraft/f-105d-thunderchief-republic/ |date=2014-10-20 }} March Field Museum. Retrieved: 28 January 2015.
  • 62-4387 – USAF Airman Heritage Museum, Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}

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  • 63-8261 – Jacksonville Museum of Military History, Little Rock AFB, Little Rock, Arkansas.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}
  • 63-8276 – Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, Nevada.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}
  • 63-8331 – Pacific Coast Air Museum, Santa Rosa, California.[http://www.pacificcoastairmuseum.org/aircraft/F105FThunderchief.asp "F-105 Thunderchief/63-8331."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100624204945/http://www.pacificcoastairmuseum.org/aircraft/F105FThunderchief.asp |date=2010-06-24 }} Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved: 21 March 2013.
  • 63-8343 – Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, Texas.[http://www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com/index.php/component/content/article/94 "F-105 Thunderchief/63-8343."] Cavanaugh Flight Museum. Retrieved: 21 March 2013. Removed from public display when the museum indefinitely closed on 1 January 2024.{{cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Cole |date=1 January 2024 |title=Historic Addison flight museum announces closure |url=https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/addison-texas-cavanaugh-flight-museum-closing/287-85fe72cf-3131-4919-88ed-e92d8cfa30c0 |work=WFAA |location=Dallas, Texas |access-date=4 January 2024}}
  • 63-8365 – Southern Museum of Flight, Birmingham, Alabama.[http://www.southernmuseumofflight.org/exhibits.html "F-105 Thunderchief/63-8365."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020408230451/http://www.southernmuseumofflight.org/exhibits.html |date=2002-04-08 }} Southern Museum of Flight. Retrieved: 21 March 2013.
  • 63-8366 – McConnell AFB, Kansas.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}

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https://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/f-105-thunderchief/ as of June, 2013, on loan from the National Museum of the United States Air Force."Edited 10 October, 2024

See also

References

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External links

{{Commons category|Republic F-105 Thunderchief museum aircraft}}

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20071025101707/http://www.aero-web.org/locator/manufact/republic/f-105.htm AeroWeb list of F-105 Thunderchiefs on display in the US.]

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