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English: A U.S. Air Force F-105F-1-RE Thunderchief aircraft (s/n 63-8301) of the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing in flight over Southeast Asia in 1966/67. It is armed with AGM-45 Shrike anti-radiation missiles and CBU-24 cluster bombs. This aircraft was flown by USAF Major Leo K. Thorsness and Capt. Harold E. Johnson (Electronic Warfare Officer), on 19 April 1967 during a SAM surpression "Wild Weasel" mission covering a strike force target that attacked the Xuan Mai army training compound, near Hanoi, North Vietnam. Maj. Thorsness was awarded the US Medal of Honor for risking his life to assist in the rescue of three downed aviators during this mission. The F-105F 63-8301 was later converted to an F-105G.
Aircraft 63-8301 continued serving at Takhli RTAFB until it was closed in late 1970, it was than sent to Korat RTAFB. It was scheduled to go to the Air Force Museum at Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio to represent the Wild Weasels. However, on it last operational mission at George AFB, California it had engine failure and was lost(1).
Date 1966/67
Source U.S. Air Force photo 090605-F-1234P-072 [1]
Author U.S. Air Force

(1)Darrel Wilson 301 Crew Chief 301 Apr 68-69

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