Republic RF-84F Thunderflash in Service With NATO Air Forces

Last revised October 17, 1999






386 of the 715 RF-84Fs built were sent overseas as part of the Mutual Aid Program of assistance to the air forces of NATO nations. This included the West German Luftwaffe (Aufkl. G51 and 52), France's Armee de l'Air (33rd Escadre), Belgium's Force Aerienne Belge (42eme Escadrille) Holland's Koninklijke Nederlandske Luchtmacht (No. 306 Squadron), Italy's Aeronautica Militare Italiano (18 o and 132 o Gruppi), Denmark's Kongilige Danske Flyvevaben (No. 729 Escadrille), Norway's Kongelige Norske Flyvapen (Nr. 717 Skvadron), Turkey's Turk Hava Kuvvetleri and Greece's Royal Hellenic Air Force.

Sources:

  1. Fighters of the United States Air Force, Robert F. Dorr and David Donald, Temple Press Aerospace, 1990.

  2. The American Fighter, Enzo Angelucci and Peter Bowers, Orion, 1987.

  3. American Combat Planes, Third Enlarged Edition, Ray Wagner, Doubleday, 1982.

  4. United States Military Aircraft Since 1909, Gordon Swanborough and Peter M. Bowers, Smithsonian, 1989.

  5. The Republic F-84F Thunderstreak, Ray Wagner, Profile Publications, 1966.