Word: weyland
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Republic won the boost with a red-hot aircraft that can do everything but salute. Described by former Tactical Air Command Chief O. P. Weyland as "the world's most powerful one-man airplane," Republic's Thunderchief will fly 2,000 miles without refueling, hit speeds of Mach 2-plus (1,400 m.p.h.), go high or low and deliver any kind of a bang the Air Force wants. As a tactical strike aircraft in support of ground troops, it can whisk in with rockets, a 20-mm. cannon that fires at the rate of 6,000 rounds...