Thunderchief 60-0508 was delivered 8 November 1961 from Farmingdale, NY to USAF(USAFE)
Brookley AFB Mobile Air Materiel Area (AMA), AL, November 8, 1961.
(Republic's contract no. 38927 project 88, 196th in production line.)
17 Dec 61 -- Assigned to 4440th Aircraft Delivery Group
20 Dec 61 -- To 49th TFW, USAFE, Spangdahlem AB, (FRG) Germany
(Prelimary research by John Graff, past Military A/C Curator, WOTRASM, 508 assigned to 8th TFS, circa 2000)
27 Oct 62 and 8 Aug 64 -- Back to Brookley AMA, AL for modification work
(Project LOOK-ALIKE); returned to 49th after each period
17 Jul 65 -- To CASA Getafe, Spain, for maintenance (presume "SIXPACK" mods and camo paint)
12 Aug 65 -- To 3415th Maintenance and Supply Group, ATC, Lowry AFB, Denver CO, as tech training airframe.
28 Feb 66 -- struck from USAF inventory
Oct 75 -- To Lowry Tech. Traning Center, Lowry AFB
18 Mar 76 -- Dropped from mntce inventory, to parade grounds
circa 84 -- To Lowry Heritage Museum, Lowry AFB
Dec 94 -- To Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum, (Lowry AFB closed), Lowry Campus, Denver CO
Flight hours logged
1961 -- 21
1962 -- 230
1963 -- 290
1964 -- 217
1965 -- 110...... Total 868 flying hours.
Sources: Dave Gurtner and his research associates at Maxwell AFB's History Office report to Lowry AFB (report on file at Wings Over the Rockies Museum); and from British Aviation Review, by the British Aviation Research Group, November 1995 (p. N1115).
Also, date details of flight hours provided by Theordore W. Van Geffen, Jr, author of F-105 Profile No. 226, letter from Geffen to Lowry (LTTC) 6 Jun 84 (on file Collections Dept. Wings Over the Rockies Museum).
Note: As of 10 Nov 06, 8th TFS assignment has not been confirmed or verified, Lance Barber, Curator Mil A/C.
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