The F-84 became the Air Force’s primary strike aircraft—and a testbed for practically any mission a military mind could invent. National Museum of the USAF An F-84E attacks a ground target ...

The F-84 also holds the title of the first fighter jet that could refuel in the air and the first fighter that could carry a ...

During the Cold War, military aircraft of the opposing blocks would ... American early warning radars detected them and scrambled two F-84 Thunderjets to intercept them, expecting the MiGs to ...