Title: Republic F-105
Thunderchief
Series: Air Vanguard (AVG02)
Author/s: Peter Davies
RRP: $24.99
ISBN: 9781780961736
Format: Paperback, 64 pages
Dimensions: 248mm x 184mm
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Aust. Release Date: Sept 2012
Book Description/Synopsis:
The Republic F-105 Thunderchief was the fastest and most successful strike
fighter of the Cold War. Designed to deliver nuclear weapons at low altitude
and then fight its way back to base, by the early 1960s it was the primary
weapon in the USAF's tactical strike arsenal. Thunderchief pilots in Europe,
the Far East and the USA stood on short-notice alert, ready to take on the
formidable defenses of their Communist Bloc targets. The F-105 was, however, to
become a legend in a very different conflict. As direct American involvement in
Vietnam increased, F-105s were deployed - initially as a deterrent, but ever
more as conventional attack fighters against insurgency in Laos and Vietnam.
With the start of the bombing campaign against North Vietnam, the Thunderchief
became a vital element in attacks against some of the most heavily defended
territory in modern history.
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