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ALSO AVAILABLE 2020 NEW RELEASES 4 Republic F-84 The USAF’s Thunderjet, Thunderstreak, and Thunderflash Fighters Ken Neubeck Concise history of the Republic F-84 from the late 1940s through the 1950s The US Air Force’s main strike aircraft during the Korean War F-84 was also used by the USAF in the early days of the Thunderbirds demonstration team The F-84 Thunderjet was the US Air Force’s main strike aircraft during the Korean War and was used primarily in ground attack operations. Manufactured by the Republic Aviation Corporation, the straight-winged XP-84 prototype’s first took flight in 1946. Testing revealed lackluster engine performance and structural problems. Design revisions resulted in several new model designations, beginning with the F-84B and followed by the F-84C, which was phased out of operational service by 1952. The F-84D saw significant improvement in engine performance and was followed by the F-84E and the F-84G models, with all three models seeing heavy action in the Korean War. The F-84F Thunderstreak was a swept-wing version that came after the Korean War and was faster than the original F-84 Thunderjet. The Thunderflash was the reconnaissance version of the F-84F. Ken Neubeck is a reliability engineer who worked on the A-10 production program. He is the author of several aircraft books and is an avid photographer of military aircraft. He served as president of the Long Island Republic Airport Historical Society, which preserves the history of Long Island aviation. Size: 9" x 9" Pages: 112 Price: $19.99 Illustrations: 196 color and b/w photos Binding: hard cover ISBN: 978-0-7643-6011-4 AVAILABLE AUGUST F-14 TOMCAT 978-0-7643-5662-9 $19.99 | 128 pp. 9" x 9" | HC REPUBLIC F-84 978-0-7643-0444-6 $29.95 | 208 pp. 8 1/2" x 11" | PB SEE PAGE 39 FOR RELATED TITLES