Thunderchief to be restored in New Mexico

摘要

The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is to begin restoration work on Republic F-105D Thunderchief 61-0107. Built in 1962 at Farmingdale, New York, the supersonic fighter-bomber was sent to the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing in Germany to provide NATO with a nuclear retaliation capability during ' the Cold War.