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Serial #: 59-1743 Construction #: ? Civil Registration: None |
Model(s): F-105D-5-RE Thunderchief Name: Arkansas Traveller Status: Displayed Last info: 2015 |
Delivered to United States Air Force as 59-1743.
- BOC: November 30, 1960.
- SOC: March 1981
- Allocated to 4520th Combat Crew Training Wing, Tactical Air Command, Nellis AFB, NV, 1960.
- Transferred to 4th Tactical Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson AFB, NC, Spril 21, 1964.
- Transferred to 388th Tactical Fighter Wing, Korat Royal Thai Air Base, Thailand, June 14, 1966.
-- Assigned to 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron.
--- Flew as "Darn Dago".
-- Transferred to 34th Tactical Fighter Squadron, December 1968.
--- Flown by Col. Paul P. Douglas, Jr., commander of the 388th, as "Arkansas Traveller".
- Transferred to 354th Tactical Fighter Squadron/355th TFW, Takhli RTAB, Thailand, May 8, 1969.
-- Flown by Lt. Glen Cloes as "Lead Zeppelin".
- Transferred to 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing, McConnell AFB, KS, Oct. 19, 1970.
-- Placed in flyable storage.
- Transferred to 192nd Tactical Fighter Group, Virginia ANG, Byrd Field, Richmond, VA, January 1971.
-- Assigned to 149th Tactical Fighter Squadron as "Hanoi Express".
- Retired to USAFM with 4,500 flight hours, March 1981.
Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill AFB, UT, 1987-2015.
- Displayed in 388th TFW scheme as flown by Col. Paul P. Douglas, Jr., commander of the 388th.
-- Flew as "Arkansas Traveller".
- Marked with 8 swastikas representing aircraft downed by Col. Douglas during World War II.
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Source(s): Hill Aerospace Museum |
Photo Source(s): Hill Aerospace Museum Research Assistance: - |
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