Tamiya 60745 - 1/72 Republic F-84G Thunderjet  [60745]

About the Republic F-84G Thunderjet

As of early 1952 the Belgian Air Force took on cost at least 213 Republic F-84G fighter-bombers because of its 2nd, 9th and tenth Wings also N° 42 recce Squadron. The initial 140 aircraft were delivered by ship at Karup (Denmark) were the aircraft had been prepared for the ferry trip to Belgium. Thunderjets FZ-141 up to FZ-161 were flown in through the United States become accepted at Melsbroek airbase. Another fighters were all previous USAF devices which underwent deep upkeep at Sabca (Haren) before being sent to the Belgian Air Force. A few of the machines had the mandatory wiring to be utilized as reconnaissance aircraft using specifically modified wing-tip tanks built with cameras. These recce planes (FZ-187, -188, -189, -191, -192, -203, -204 and -205) all served with "C" trip of N° 2 Squadron (RAF) later to become N° 42 Squadron (BAF). Currently in 1956/57 a lot of the Thunderjets ended up being changed by the greatly improved F-84F Thunderstreak within the framework of "Operation Swapshop". The Thunderjet is truly the symbol associated with cold war whenever a tiny nation like Belgium could count on a minimum of 29 squadrons. As the F-84G's were delivered in framework of the Mutual Defence help Programme (MDAP) these types of aircraft had an extra job in other NATO countries such as for instance Denmark, Greece, Portugal, Turkey and such exotic places as Yugoslavia as well as Thailand.