Republic F-105 Thunderchief

Peacetime Operations

Theo van Geffen, Gerald Arruda (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

96 Seiten

2022
Key Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-913870-66-9 (ISBN)

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The F-105 Thunderchief was primarily designed for tactical nuclear operations. For this reason, it was on nuclear Victor alert in Europe (Bitburg and Spangdahlem Air Bases in Germany) and the Far East (Kadena on Okinawa and Osan in the Republic of Korea). After President John F. Kennedy took office in January 1961, his Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, shifted the USAF's focus more and more to conventional warfare including, through modifications, the mission of the F-105. When the air war against North Vietnam was initiated in earnest on March 2, 1965, the USAF needed an aircraft with a load-carrying ability, and the only aircraft that could do that job was the Thunderchief. This book not only gives in-depth accounts of various historical F-105 events, with inputs from the pilots involved, but is also lavishly illustrated with over 150 images, many of which have never been published before.

Erscheinungsdatum	08.07.2022
Reihe/Serie	Historic Military Aircraft Series
Zusatzinfo	Over 150
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 243 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-913870-66-9 / 1913870669
ISBN-13	978-1-913870-66-9 / 9781913870669
Zustand	Neuware