Displayed at the USAF Museum of Aviation at Warner Robins AFB the Republic F-84 Thunderjet was the first fighter of the United States Air Force to enter service after World War II. The Thunderjet became the USAF's primary strike aircraft during the Korean War, flying 86,408 missions and destroying 60% of all ground targets in the war as well as eight Soviet-built MiG-15 fighters. Over half of the 7,524 F-84s produced served with NATO nations. The USAF Strategic Air Command had F-84 Thunderjets in service from 1948 through 1957. The F84 was capable of the ability to carry a single Mark 7 nuclear bomb.
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