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Eindhoven Wonderland, 02-07-1971

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A beautiful set of Hellenic RF-84F (11253) in 1974, by cirrus (http://www.patricksaviation.com/user/cirrus/)

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Still one of my highlights to see this type of aircraft flying...... :D

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Phantomphlyer wrote:A beautiful set of Hellenic RF-84F (11253) in 1974, by cirrus (http://www.patricksaviation.com/user/cirrus/)
Looks more Volkel July 1988 to me.
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Nice pictures indeed of that Hellenic AF RF-84F! :o
Volkel July 1988 is correct.
Afterwards this particular aircraft was repainted in Dutch colours as shown on the following slide-scan.

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Also a cockpit-inside view of the same aircraft taken in the Military Aviation Museum in Soesterberg. 8)

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11E wrote:
Phantomphlyer wrote:A beautiful set of Hellenic RF-84F (11253) in 1974, by cirrus (http://www.patricksaviation.com/user/cirrus/)
Looks more Volkel July 1988 to me.
I think that you 're right...

(edit:) but I asked the photographer and he told me that it has to be before 1984... :roll:
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Major Ioannis Noitsis of the Hellenic Air Force gets the honour of making the last operational RF-84F Thunderflash flight in the world :king:

He flew Thunderflash 11253 (see previous posts in this topic) from Greece to Volkel in the Netherlands in July 1988.

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To prevent questions :I bought the (original) slide at a trade market a while ago , so it has my copyright , although I did not make it myself.

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:worship: :worship: :worship:
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...finally, it's Volkel 28/07/88
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Great Topic! Here is an April 2006 shot of the F-84F currently on display at Barnes ANGB, Westfield, Massachusetts. The 104 TFG based there operated F-84Fs from 1964-1971. This unit, now the 104 FW, is presently working up on the F-15C Eagle.

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Next, a photo I took in 1965 of 817 taxying back to the Guard ramp after landing on rwy #20. (Note open air refueling receptacle on wing). This is how the Thunderstreaks of this unit looked after they were received from USAF. I believe they all went through depot prior to delivery to Westfield. The newspapers of the day reported these aircraft as coming from the 366 TFW. This would be interesting, as it was (if I remember correctly) the USAF's 366th that was activated to replace the federalized 102 TFW, (which included the 104 TFG), at Phalsbourg, France in 1961, following that establishment's return to state duty. For a short time the Streaks of the 104 TFG had that unit's red and white striped painted on the nose of the external tanks, and this was quickly followed by camo, with the word MASS painted on the top of the vertical stab, as shown in an earlier photo (with the checkerboard water tank in the background, looking a lot like nearby Westover AFB, Massachusetts).

Hope you like them and Happy holidays!

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I love th F-84... Nice ones tomh! Small selection from my side, two preserved 348 MTA Flashes at Larissa, Greece earlier this year. Too young to see them flying ops in West Europe and I missed the arrival of the RF-84F at Volkel by 30 minutes...

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Didn`t saw a "cold" version yet;

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A couple of Thunderflashes here. The first one is an Alabama ANG RF-84F that I photographed at Bradley Field, Connecticut on 16 May 1965.
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In this shot taken 25 years later, I am becoming acquainted with a rather unusual white RF-84F display at the Hattiesburg, Mississippi airport.

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Photographed at Barnes Municipal Airport (KBAF) at Westfield, Massachusetts on 24 April 1965, this is F-84F-GK 51-9486, one of 237 such Thunderstreaks built by General Motors at Kansas City. Of further interest, their J65 powerplants were manfuactured by GM's Buick automotive division.

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486 is seen here in natural metal at a time when most of the Streaks were wearing gray finish. The starboard blow-in door can be clearly seen in the open position just below the "U.S." in this taxy shot. Some F-84Fs had much smaller blow-in doors.
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Here we see F-84F 52-6465 of the 131 TFS/104 TFG Massachusetts ANG taxying back to the ANG ramp after landing on runway #20 at KBAF.
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The winter of 1969-1970 was harsh in Western Massachusetts, as can be seen by the high snow piles along the runway at the top of the photo.
The deep fuselage profile of the Thunderstreak can be seen to good effect in this shot.
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