Word: thunderstreak
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1952-1952
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...November, said Gilpatric, aircraft deliveries to the Air Force reached 666, highest monthly mark since World War II. Though encouraging, the figure was still about 100 behind the stretched-out schedule set earlier this year. Gilpatric admitted production difficulties on the Northrop F89 Scorpion and the Republic F-84F Thunderstreak...
Republic made other news last week. It delivered to the Air Force its first production model of the F-84F Thunderstreak, a swept-wing version of the F-84 Thunderjet, the top fighter-bomber in Korea and a mainstay of the NATO air force. Capable of 700 m.p.h., the new Thunderstreak is powered by Britain's Sapphire engine, made in the U.S. by Curtiss-Wright (TIME, Oct. 16, 1950). It can carry a small atom bomb, has a range of more than 2,000 miles (considerably more than the current Thunder jet), and can be refueled in flight...