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F-105 Survivors lists all known surviving Republic F-105 Thunderchief

F-105 Thunderchief

The Republic F-105 Thunderchief, was a supersonic fighter-bomber used by the United States Air Force. The Mach 2 capable F-105 conducted the majority of strike bombing missions during the early years of the Vietnam War; it has the dubious distinction of being the only US aircraft to have been...

complete airframes in the world (as of May 2008) along with their serial number, location, and any notes of significance about that airframe.

France

On display

F-105F 63-8357: Le musée de l'aviation, Savigny-lès-Beaune
Savigny-lès-Beaune
Savigny-lès-Beaune is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.-Population:-Wine:Savigny-lès-Beaune is one of the wine communes of the Côte de Beaune....
F-105G 63-8300: Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace
Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace
The French Air and Space Museum is a French museum, located in the south-eastern edge of Le Bourget Airport, north of Paris, and in the commune of Le Bourget. It was created in 1919 from a proposition of Albert Caquot .-Description:Occupying over of land and hangars, it is one of the oldest...

, Le Bourget
Le Bourget
Le Bourget is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.A very small part of Le Bourget airport lies on the territory of the commune of Le Bourget, which nonetheless gave its name to the airport. Most of the airport lies on the territory of the...

, France

Germany

On display

F-105F 62-4417: Flugausstellung Aircraft Museum, Hermeskeil
Hermeskeil
Hermeskeil is a town in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Hunsrück, approx. 25 km southeast of Trier...
F-105G 62-4446: Spangdahlem Air Base
Spangdahlem Air Base
Spangdahlem Air Base is a United States Air Force base located near the small German town of Spangdahlem, approximately 30 km NNE of the city of Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate.-Units:...

, Germany (as a gate guard)

Libya

On display

F-105 Frame # Unknown (possibly 60‑0520): Mitiga International Airport, formerly Wheelus Air Base
Wheelus Air Base
-See also:*List of airports in Libya-External links:*****...

(USAF) near Tripoli, Libya. Aircraft is on display in southwest corner of the airport.

Mexico

On display

F-105B 57-5784: Planetario Severo Díaz Galindo Science Museum, Guadalajara, Mexico

Poland

Stored or under restoration

F-105D 59-1822: Polish Aviation Museum
Polish Aviation Museum
Polish Aviation Museum is a large museum of old aircraft and aircraft engines in Kraków, Poland. It is located at the site of the no-longer functional Kraków-Rakowice-Czyżyny Airport. This airfield, established by Austria-Hungary in 1912, is one of the oldest in the world...

, Cracow, Poland (awaiting restoration, nicknamed Superhog, previously nicknamed Polish Glider)

United Kingdom

On display

F-105G 62-4428: RAF Croughton
RAF Croughton
RAF Croughton is a United States Air Force communications base in Northamptonshire, England, to the southeast of the village of Croughton. The station is home to the 422nd Air Base Group and operates one of Europe's largest military switchboards and processes approximately a third of all U.S...

, Northampton (as a gate guard)

United States

On display

YF-105B 54-0102: USS Alabama (BB-60)
USS Alabama (BB-60)
USS Alabama , a South Dakota-class battleship, was the sixth completed ship of the United States Navy named for the U.S. state of Alabama, however she was only the third commissioned ship with that name. Alabama was commissioned in 1942 and served in World War II in the Atlantic and Pacific...

Aircraft Collection, Mobile, Alabama (nicknamed Dragon Wagon)
F-105B 54-0104: Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum
Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum
The Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, the largest aviation museum in Illinois, occupies part of the grounds of the decommissioned Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Illinois. It and the base were named for Octave Chanute, railroad engineer and aviation pioneer...

(former Chanute AFB, Rantoul, Illinois (painted as a Thunderbird)
JF-105B 54-0105: Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located west-southwest of San Antonio, Texas. The base is under the jurisdiction of the 802d Mission Support Group, Air Education and Training Command ....

, San Antonio, Texas
JF-105B 54-0107: Hickory Sabre Society
Hickory Sabre Society
The Sabre Society of North Carolina/Hickory Aviation Museum is a volunteer aviation historical society located at Hickory Regional Airport in Hickory, North Carolina....

, Hickory, North Carolina
F-105B 57-5776: 108th Air Refueling Wing
108th Air Refueling Wing
The 108th Air Refueling Wing is a unit of the New Jersey Air National Guard tasked with aerial refueling and other air mobility missions. It is based at McGuire Air Force Base and operationally gained by the Air Mobility Command . The current Commander of the 108th is...

/New Jersey Air National Guard
New Jersey Air National Guard
The New Jersey Air National Guard consists of almost 2300 Guardsmen from New Jersey.The New Jersey Air National Guard is governed through the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs....

compound, McGuire Air Force Base
McGuire Air Force Base
JB MDL McGuire is a United States Air Force base located approximately south-southeast of Trenton, New Jersey. McGuire is under the jurisdiction of the USAF Air Mobility Command...

, New Jersey
F-105B 57-5778: New England Air Museum
New England Air Museum
The New England Air Museum is located at Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, USA. The museum is housed in three large display buildings consisting of more than of exhibit space...

, Windsor Locks, Connecticut
F-105B 57-5783: Cradle of Aviation Museum
Cradle of Aviation Museum
The Cradle of Aviation Museum is an aerospace museum located in East Garden City, New York on Long Island to commemorate Long Island's part in the history of aviation. It is located on land once part of Mitchel Air Force Base which, together with nearby Roosevelt Field and other airfields on the...

, Garden City, New York
F-105B 57-5789: Winston Field Airport, Snyder, Texas
F-105B 57-5792: Zanesville Municipal Airport
Zanesville Municipal Airport
Zanesville Municipal Airport is an airport near Zanesville, Ohio....

, Zanesville, Ohio
F-105B 57-5803: March Field Air Museum
March Field Air Museum
The March Field Air Museum is an aviation museum near Moreno Valley and Riverside, California, adjacent to March Air Reserve Base.-Origins:The museum was founded in 1979 as March Air Force Base Museum. Originally operated by the Air Force, the museum's operation was transferred to a nonprofit...

, March Air Reserve Base
March Air Reserve Base
March Joint Air Reserve Base is located in Riverside County, California between the cities of Riverside and Moreno Valley. It is the home to the Air Force Reserve Command's 4th Air Force Headquarters and the 452d Air Mobility Wing , the largest air mobility wing of the 4th Air Force...

(former March AFB), Riverside, California
F-105B 57-5817: Chillicothe
Chillicothe
Chillicothe is the name of some places in the United States of America:*Chillicothe, Ohio**Chillicothe Turnpike*Chillicothe, Illinois*Chillicothe, Iowa*Chillicothe, Missouri*Chillicothe, Texas...

Municipal Airport, Missouri
F-105B 57-5819: Poinsett Weapons Range near Shaw Air Force Base
Shaw Air Force Base
Shaw Air Force Base is a United States Military facility located approximately west-northwest of Sumter, South Carolina. It is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command...

, South Carolina
F-105B 57-5820: MAPS Air Museum
MAPS Air Museum
The MAPS Air Museum, run by the Military Aircraft Preservation Society, is located at the Akron-Canton Regional Airport in Green, Ohio, USA.-Overview:...

, Akron-Canton Airport, Ohio
F-105B 57-5823: Fairchild Air Force Base
Fairchild Air Force Base
Fairchild Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately southwest of Spokane, Washington.The host unit at Fairchild is the 92d Air Refueling Wing assigned to the Air Mobility Command's 15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force...

Memorial Park, Washington, currently being moved to The Armed Forces & Aerospace Museum in Spokane Valley, WA
F-105B 57-5837: Castle Air Museum
Castle Air Museum
Castle Air Museum is a military aviation museum located in Atwater, California, United States adjacent to the site of the former Castle Air Force Base...

(former Castle AFB), Atwater, California
F-105B 57-5838: Volk Field Air National Guard Base
Volk Field Air National Guard Base
Volk Field Air National Guard Base is a military airport located just outside the village of Camp Douglas, in Juneau County, Wisconsin, United States...

, WI (the last "B" model Thunderchief to fly, nicknamed Xanadu)
F-105B 57-5839: South Dakota Air and Space Museum
South Dakota Air and Space Museum
The South Dakota Air and Space Museum, part of the museum system of the National Museum of the US Air Force, is located in Box Elder, South Dakota, just outside the main gate of Ellsworth AFB. The South Dakota Air and Space Museum serves to educate and entertain the public...

, Ellsworth Air Force Base
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Ellsworth Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately northeast of Rapid City, South Dakota just north of Box Elder, South Dakota....

, South Dakota
F-105D 58-1155: Air Force Armament Museum
Air Force Armament Museum
The Air Force Armament Museum, adjacent to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is the only facility in the U.S. dedicated to the display of Air Force armament...

, Eglin Air Force Base
Eglin Air Force Base
Eglin Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately 3 miles southwest of Valparaiso, Florida in Okaloosa County....

, FL (marked as 59-1771, nicknamed Ohio Express and Foley's Folley)
F-105D 59-1738: Linear Air Park, Dyess Air Force Base
Dyess Air Force Base
Dyess Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately southwest of Abilene, Texas.The host unit at Dyess is the 7th Bomb Wing assigned to the Air Combat Command Twelfth Air Force...

, Texas (marked as 60-517, nicknamed The Yellow Rose)
F-105D 59-1739: American Airpower Heritage Museum, Midland International Airport
Midland International Airport
-Top Destinations:-See also:* Texas World War II Army Airfields-References:* Shaw, Frederick J. , Locating Air Force Base Sites History’s Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004....

, Texas (nicknamed Queen of the Fleet)
F-105D 59-1743: Hill Aerospace Museum
Hill Aerospace Museum
Hill Aerospace Museum, located near Ogden, Utah, is a U.S. Air Force museum that is part of the United States Air Force Heritage Program.The museum, founded in 1981 and moved to its current location in 1991, displays over 90 aircraft from around the world, in addition to a variety of munitions,...

, Hill AFB, Ogden, Utah (marked as 61-743, nicknamed Arkansas Traveller)
F-105D 59-1759: Yanks Air Museum
Yanks Air Museum
The Yanks Air Museum is a non-profit 501 organization dedicated to exhibiting, preserving and restoring American aircraft and artifacts.-Chino facility and exhibits:...

, Chino, California
F-105D 59-1771: America Veterans Post 2256, Circleville, Ohio (nicknamed Blackbart)

F-105D 60-0445: National Air And Space Museum
National Air and Space Museum
The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution holds the largest collection of historic aircraft and spacecraft in the world. It was established in 1976. Located in Washington, D.C., United States, it is a center for research into the history and science of aviation and...

, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum 's annex at Washington Dulles International Airport in the Chantilly area of Fairfax County, Virginia, United States....

, Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia
F-105D 60-0455: Veteran's Memorial Park Dixon, IL. Previously at American Legion, Henry H Graves Post No 1, Jackson, Mississippi
F-105D 60-0471: Yanks Air Museum
Yanks Air Museum
The Yanks Air Museum is a non-profit 501 organization dedicated to exhibiting, preserving and restoring American aircraft and artifacts.-Chino facility and exhibits:...

, Chino, California
F-105D 60-0482: United States Air Force Academy
United States Air Force Academy
The United States Air Force Academy is an accredited college for the undergraduate education of officer candidates for the United States Air Force. Its campus is located immediately north of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States...

, Colorado Springs, Colorado
F-105D 60-0492: Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum
Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum
The Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum is located at the Space Coast Regional Airport, 6600 Tico Road, in Brevard County, just south of Titusville, Florida. The VAC contains vintage aircraft and a hangar with a restoration area. The VAC also has a Memorabilia Hall with flight gear, dress...

, Space Coast Regional Airport
Space Coast Regional Airport
Space Coast Regional Airport is located in the city of Titusville, Florida on Columbia Boulevard and Washington Avenue in Brevard County. Formerly known as Ti-Co Airport, it is the nearest commercial airport to the Kennedy Space Center.- History :In 1943, the U.S. Government constructed the...

, Titusville, Florida (nicknamed Ye Old War Horse)
F-105D 60-0500: Historic Aviation Memorial Museum, Tyler Pounds Regional Airport
Tyler Pounds Regional Airport
Tyler Pounds Regional Airport is an airport located six miles west of Tyler, Texas . The airport currently has three paved runways. In recent years, the airport has been expanding in order to meet goals outlined within "The Tyler Master Plan." On August 17, 2002, the airport opened a new...

, Texas

F-105D 60-0504: National Museum of the United States Air Force
National Museum of the United States Air Force
The National Museum of the United States Air Force is the official museum of the United States Air Force located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base northeast of Dayton, Ohio. The NMUSAF is the world's largest and oldest military aviation museum with more than 360 aircraft and missiles on display...

, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio (nicknamed Memphis Belle II)
F-105D 60-0508: Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum
Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum
The Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum is located on the former grounds of Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, Colorado. The museum, which opened in 1994, is housed in the Hangar #1 built in 1939. The museum preserves the history of Lowry AFB's operations from 1938 to 1994 in its...

(formerly Lowry Heritage Museum at former Lowry AFB), Lowry Campus, Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
F-105D 60-0535: Keesler Air Force Base
Keesler Air Force Base
Keesler Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in Biloxi, a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States. The base is named in honor of aviator 2d Lt Samuel Reeves Keesler, Jr., a Mississippi native killed in France in First World War.-Units:The base is home of...

, Biloxi, Mississippi
F-105D 61-0041: District of Columbia Air National Guard
District of Columbia Air National Guard
The District of Columbia Air National Guard is the air force militia of the U.S. federal district of Washington, D.C. It is, along with the District of Columbia Army National Guard, an element of the District of Columbia National Guard.-Mission:...

HQ Building, Andrews Air Force Base
Andrews Air Force Base
Joint Base Andrews is a United States military facility located in Prince George's County, Maryland. The facility is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force 11th Wing, Air Force District of Washington ....

, Maryland
F-105D 61-0050: Virginia Air National Guard
Virginia Air National Guard
The Virginia Air National Guard is the air force militia of the U.S. state of Virginia. It is, along with the Virginia Army National Guard, an element of the Virginia National Guard...

complex, Richmond International Airport
Richmond International Airport
- Accidents and incidents :*In 1996, Eastwind Airlines Flight 517 from Trenton experienced loss of rudder control while on approach to Richmond, however rudder control was regained shortly after and the aircraft landed normally. There was one minor injury....

, Virginia (nicknamed The Boss)
F-105D 61-0056: Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located to the southeast of Goldsboro, North Carolina. The base is named for Navy test pilot Seymour Johnson, a native of Goldsboro...

, North Carolina (as a gate guard)
F-105D 61-0069: Near the Strategic Air and Space Museum
Strategic Air and Space Museum
The Strategic Air and Space Museum is a museum focusing on United States Air Force military aircraft and nuclear missiles located near Ashland, Nebraska, along Interstate 80 southwest of Omaha, Nebraska. The objective of the museum is to preserve and display historic aircraft, missile, and space...

and Offutt AFB, Nebraska (on a pedestal next to I-80 between Lincoln & Omaha)
F-105D 61-0073: Air Power Park
Air Power Park
The Air Power Park is an outdoor, roadside museum in Hampton, Virginia which recognizes Hampton's role in America's early space exploration and aircraft testing. The park is on a plot and includes a children's playground. There is no inside museum or visitor center Several vintage aircraft and...

, (near Langley AFB, Hampton, Virginia
F-105D 61-0086: Pima Air & Space Museum
Pima Air & Space Museum
The Pima Air & Space Museum features a display of nearly 300 aircraft spread out over 80 acres on a campus occupying 127 acres . Located in Tucson, Arizona, it is one of the world's largest, non-government funded aerospace museums...

, Tucson, Arizona (nicknamed Big Sal)
F-105D 61-0088: Grissom Air Museum
Grissom Air Museum
The Grissom Air Museum, near Peru, Indiana and named for astronaut Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, was founded in 1981 by seven prior service military personnel who lived in the area. The Heritage Museum Foundation wanted to preserve aircraft that were currently located at Grissom Air Reserve Base,...

, Grissom Air Reserve Base
Grissom Air Reserve Base
Grissom Air Reserve Base is a United States Air Force base, located approximately north of Kokomo, Indiana. The facility is a joint use civil airport/military base with the Grissom Aeroplex which provides general aviation and charter service....

(former Grissom AFB), Indiana
F-105D 61-0093: Texas Air Museum
Texas Air Museum
The Texas Air Museum currently has two locations, and one planned future location:* Stinson Municipal Airport * Slaton, Texas* Snyder, Texas - future location...

, Slaton, Texas
Slaton, Texas
Slaton is a city in Lubbock County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,109 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Lubbock Metropolitan Statistical Area.Slaton is named for Lubbock rancher and banker O.L. Slaton, Sr...
F-105D 61-0099: Air Classics Museum, Aurora Municipal Airport (Illinois)
Aurora Municipal Airport (Illinois)
Chicago/Aurora Municipal Airport is a public airport opened in April 1966, located in the village of Sugar Grove, Illinois, United States, west of the city of Aurora, both in Kane County. The airport is owned and operated by the City of Aurora. It is west of Chicago and is designated as a...

, Sugar Grove
Sugar Grove
Sugar Grove is the name of some places in the United States:*Sugar Grove, Illinois*Sugar Grove, Ohio*Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania*Sugar Grove, Virginia, in Smyth County*Sugar Grove, Montgomery County, Virginia*Sugar Grove, West Virginia...

, Illinois
F-105D 61-0100: Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth
Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base or NAS Fort Worth JRB includes Carswell Field, a military airfield located west of the central business district of Fort Worth, in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. This military airfield is operated by United States Navy...

(former Carswell AFB), Texas
F-105D 61-0107: National Atomic Museum
National Atomic Museum
‎The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History is a national repository of nuclear science information chartered by the 102nd United States Congress under Public Law 102-190, and located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. "The mission of the National Atomic Museum is to serve as America's resource for...

(adjacent to Kirtland AFB), Alburquerque, New Mexico
F-105D 61-0110: Roswell Industrial Air Center (former Walker AFB), Roswell, New Mexico
F-105D 61-0138: Bolling Air Force Base
Bolling Air Force Base
Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling is a military installation, located in Southeast Washington, D.C., established on 1 October 2010 in accordance with congressional legislation implementing the recommendations of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission...

, DC (marked as 59-1771, nicknamed Ohio Express)
F-105D 61-0145: Holloman Air Force Base
Holloman Air Force Base
Holloman Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located six miles southwest of the central business district of Alamogordo, a city in Otero County, New Mexico, United States. The base was named in honor of Col. George V. Holloman, a pioneer in guided missile research...

, Alamogordo, New Mexico (as a gate guard, marked as 61-0041)
F-105D 61-0146: AFFTC Museum, Edwards Air Force Base
Edwards Air Force Base
Edwards Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located on the border of Kern County, Los Angeles County, and San Bernardino County, California, in the Antelope Valley. It is southwest of the central business district of North Edwards, California and due east of Rosamond.It is named in...

, California
F-105D 61-0159: Warrior Park, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Davis–Monthan Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located within the city limits, and approximately south-southeast of downtown, Tucson, Arizona....

, Arizona, nicknamed The Liger
F-105D 61-0164: Hunter Memorial Park, Douglasville, Georgia (marked as 59-1746)
F-105D 61-0165: Moody Air Force Base
Moody Air Force Base
Moody Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation located in Lowndes County and Lanier County, about northeast of Valdosta, Georgia, United States.Moody Air Force Base is home to the 23d Wing...

, Valdosta, GA. Previously at Pope Air Force Base
Pope Air Force Base
Pope Field is a United States Army facility located 12 miles northwest of the central business district of Fayetteville, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States.-Units:...

, North Carolina
F-105D 61-0175: Sheppard Air Force Base
Sheppard Air Force Base
Sheppard Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located five miles north of the central business district of Wichita Falls, in Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is the largest training base and most diversified in Air Education and Training Command...

Air Park, Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, Texas
F-105D 61-0176: Maxwell Air Force Base
Maxwell Air Force Base
Maxwell Air Force Base , officially known as Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, is a United States Air Force installation under the Air Education and Training Command . The installation is located in Montgomery, Alabama, US. It was named in honor of Second Lieutenant William C...

Air Park, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
F-105D 61-0188: Langley Air Force Base Memorial Park, Langley AFB, Virginia (marked as 61-0217 in current USAF flat gray paint scheme with subdued markings)
F-105D 62-4242: Vance Air Force Base
Vance Air Force Base
Vance Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located 6 km south of downtown Enid, Oklahoma, and within its city limits, about north northwest of Oklahoma City...

, Enid, Oklahoma
F-105D 62-4253: Reflections of Freedom Historical Air Park, McConnell Air Force Base
McConnell Air Force Base
McConnell Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located four miles southeast of the central business district of Wichita, a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. The base was named in honor of Wichita brothers Fred and Thomas McConnell, both Air Force pilots and World War II...

, Wichita, Kansas
F-105D 62-4299: Travis Air Museum, Travis Air Force Base
Travis Air Force Base
Travis Air Force Base is a United States Air Force air base under the operational control of the Air Mobility Command , located three miles east of the central business district of Fairfield, in Solano County, California, United States. The base is named for Brigadier General Robert F...

, California

F-105D 62-4301: Aerospace Museum of California
Aerospace Museum of California
The Aerospace Museum of California is an aviation museum located in North Highlands, California on the former McClellan Air Force Base, which closed in 2001. It features displays of authentic military and civilian aircraft as well as space vehicle replicas...

, McClellan Airfield
McClellan Airfield
McClellan Airfield , known officially as McClellan Airport, is a county-owned public-use airport located six miles northeast of the central business district of Sacramento, a city in Sacramento County, California, United States....

(former McClellan AFB), California
F-105D 62-4318: Fairview Park, Centralia, Illinois
Centralia, Illinois
Centralia is a town located in Marion, Washington, Clinton, and Jefferson Counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 13,032 at the 2010 census. The town was founded because it was the point where the two original branches of the Illinois Central Railroad, built in 1853, converged....

(nicknamed Red River Queen)
F-105D 62-4328: Arnold Air Force Base
Arnold Air Force Base
Arnold Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in Coffee and Franklin counties, Tennessee, adjacent to the city of Tullahoma. It is named for General Henry "Hap" Arnold, the father of the U.S. Air Force....

, Tennessee
F-105D 62-4347: Hill Air Force Base
Hill Air Force Base
Hill Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force Base located in northern Utah, just south of the city of Ogden, and near the towns of Clearfield, Riverdale, Roy, Sunset, and Layton. It is about north of Salt Lake City. The base was named in honor of Major Ployer Peter Hill of the U.S. Army Air...

, Utah (as a gate guard)
F-105D 62-4360: Tinker Air Force Base
Tinker Air Force Base
Tinker Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force base, with tenant U.S. Navy and other Department of Defense missions, located in the southeast Oklahoma City, Oklahoma area, directly south of the suburb of Midwest City, Oklahoma.-Overview:...

Airpark, Oklahoma (nicknamed Iron Duke)
F-105D 62-4361: American Airpower Museum, Republic Airport
Republic Airport
Republic Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located in East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York, United States. The airport is on Long Island, one mile east of the central business district of Farmingdale....

, Farmingdale , New York
F-105D 62-4375: Combat Air Museum
Combat Air Museum
The Combat Air Museum is located in Williamsport Township, Shawnee County, near Topeka, Kansas at Forbes Field airport. The Museum rents two hangars from the MTAA. It is one of a handful of major aviation museums in the United States located on an active air field...

, Forbes Field
Forbes Field
Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to 1971. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball team, and the first home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's National Football League franchise...

Air National Guard Base (former Forbes AFB), Topeka, Kansas
F-105D 62-4383: March Field Air Museum
March Field Air Museum
The March Field Air Museum is an aviation museum near Moreno Valley and Riverside, California, adjacent to March Air Reserve Base.-Origins:The museum was founded in 1979 as March Air Force Base Museum. Originally operated by the Air Force, the museum's operation was transferred to a nonprofit...

, March Air Reserve Base
March Air Reserve Base
March Joint Air Reserve Base is located in Riverside County, California between the cities of Riverside and Moreno Valley. It is the home to the Air Force Reserve Command's 4th Air Force Headquarters and the 452d Air Mobility Wing , the largest air mobility wing of the 4th Air Force...

(former March AFB), Riverside, California
F-105D 62-4387: USAF History and Traditions Museum, Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located west-southwest of San Antonio, Texas. The base is under the jurisdiction of the 802d Mission Support Group, Air Education and Training Command ....

, San Antonio, Texas
F-105F 63-8261: Jacksonville Museum Of Military History Jacksonville, Arkansas. Previously at Robinson AAF, Little Rock, Arkansas
F-105F 63-8287: Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum
Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum
The Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, the largest aviation museum in Illinois, occupies part of the grounds of the decommissioned Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Illinois. It and the base were named for Octave Chanute, railroad engineer and aviation pioneer...

(former Chanute AFB), Rantoul, Illinois (the last Thunderchief to fly (on 10 March 1984) nicknamed Root Pak Rat)
F-105F 63-8331: Pacific Coast Air Museum, Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, California
F-105F 63-8343: Cavanaugh Flight Museum
Cavanaugh Flight Museum
The Cavanaugh Flight Museum is an aviation museum in Addison, Texas, with a non-profit 501 status for aviation educational.- Mission :The Museum promotes aviation education, research and American aviation heritage...

, Addison, Texas
F-105F 63-8365: Southern Museum of Flight
Southern Museum of Flight
The Southern Museum of Flight is an aviation museum located three blocks east of the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Birmingham, Alabama. It features a valuable collection of aviation artifacts spanning the 20th century in the various areas of aviation. It explores eight decades...

, Birmingham, Alabama
F-105F 63-8366: McConnell Air Force Base
McConnell Air Force Base
McConnell Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located four miles southeast of the central business district of Wichita, a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. The base was named in honor of Wichita brothers Fred and Thomas McConnell, both Air Force pilots and World War II...

, Kansas (as a gate guard, the last F-105 built)
F-105G 62-4416: Joe Davies Heritage Airpark, Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale, California
F-105G 62-4422: Nose section converted to traveling exhibit. Based at Aviation Cadet Museum, Silver Wings Field Airport, Eureka Springs, Arizona
F-105G 62-4425: Robert Meachen, American Legion Post #325, Blissfield, Michigan
F-105G 62-4427: Pima Air & Space Museum
Pima Air & Space Museum
The Pima Air & Space Museum features a display of nearly 300 aircraft spread out over 80 acres on a campus occupying 127 acres . Located in Tucson, Arizona, it is one of the world's largest, non-government funded aerospace museums...

(adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB), Tucson, Arizona
F-105G 62-4432: Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon
F-105G 62-4438: Museum of Aviation
Museum of Aviation
The Museum of Aviation is the second-largest aerospace museum of the United States Air Force. The museum is located just outside Warner Robins, Georgia, and near Robins Air Force Base. It has a total of five different buildings containing 93 different aircraft on . The SR-71A Blackbird on display...

, Robins AFB, Warner Robins, Georgia
F-105G 62-4440: Hill Aerospace Museum
Hill Aerospace Museum
Hill Aerospace Museum, located near Ogden, Utah, is a U.S. Air Force museum that is part of the United States Air Force Heritage Program.The museum, founded in 1981 and moved to its current location in 1991, displays over 90 aircraft from around the world, in addition to a variety of munitions,...

, Hill AFB, Ogden, Utah
F-105G 62-4444: Empire State Aerosciences Museum
Empire State Aerosciences Museum
The Empire State Aerosciences Museum is a non-profit museum which strives to "educate, entertain and excite with experiences in air and space.” Established in 1984 and chartered by the New York State Department of Education, the museum is located on of land on the western perimeter of the...

, Glenville, New York (former Combat Martin)
F-105G 63-8266: Mid-America Air Museum
Mid-America Air Museum
The Mid-America Air Museum is an aerospace and aircraft museum located in Liberal, Kansas, at the Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport.Located within a hangar that formally belonged to Beech Aircraft and on an airfield that served as a B-24 Liberator training base during the Second World War, the...

, Liberal , Kansas
F-105G 63-8274: Glenn L Martin Aviation Museum, Baltimore, Maryland (former Commando Nail EF-105F)
F-105G 63-8276: Nellis Air Force Base
Nellis Air Force Base
Nellis Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base, located approximately northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. It is under the jurisdiction of Air Combat Command .-Overview:...

, NV (former Commando Nail EF-105F, as a gate guard)
F-105G 63-8278: Sacramento Mather Airport
Sacramento Mather Airport
Sacramento Mather Airport , also known as simply Mather Airport, is a county-owned public-use airport located 10 nautical miles east of the central business district of Sacramento, in the city of Rancho Cordova, California, United States...

(former Mather AFB), Rancho Cordova, California (former Commando Nail EF-105F)
F-105G 63-8296: England Air Park, Alexandria International Airport, Louisiana
F-105G 63-8306: Aviation Cadet Museum, Silver Wings Field Airport, Eureka Springs, Arizona
F-105G 63-8320: National Museum of the United States Air Force
National Museum of the United States Air Force
The National Museum of the United States Air Force is the official museum of the United States Air Force located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base northeast of Dayton, Ohio. The NMUSAF is the world's largest and oldest military aviation museum with more than 360 aircraft and missiles on display...

, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio (nicknamed Bam-Bam)
F-105G 63-8336: Last reported at under restoration at Jefferson County Airport, Broomfield, Colorado. Previously reported at Aviation Classics Ltd, Reno Stead Airport
Reno Stead Airport
Reno/Stead Airport is a large general aviation airport located in the North Valleys area, northwest of the central business district of Reno, a city in Washoe County, Nevada, United States...

(former Stead AFB), Nevada (marked as 63-8332)
F-105G 63-8345: Robins AFB, Warner Robins, Georgia. Previously at Dobbins ARB, Atlanta, Georgia (as a gate guard, marked as 62-4425)

Under restoration, stored, or training airframes

F-105B 57-5817: Poinsett Weapons Range near Shaw Air Force Base
Shaw Air Force Base
Shaw Air Force Base is a United States Military facility located approximately west-northwest of Sumter, South Carolina. It is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command...

, South Carolina
F-105D 60-5385: Undergoing restoration by the OV-10 Bronco
OV-10 Bronco
The North American Aviation Rockwell OV-10 Bronco is a turboprop light attack and observation aircraft. It was developed in the 1960s as a special aircraft for counter-insurgency combat, and one of its primary missions was as a forward air control aircraft...

Association, Texas (nicknamed Fireball Express)
F-105D 61-0106: Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located west-southwest of San Antonio, Texas. The base is under the jurisdiction of the 802d Mission Support Group, Air Education and Training Command ....

, San Antonio, Texas (#4 in a simulated flightline for security police training)
F-105D 61-0108: Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located west-southwest of San Antonio, Texas. The base is under the jurisdiction of the 802d Mission Support Group, Air Education and Training Command ....

, San Antonio, Texas (#8 in a simulated flightline for security police training)
F-105D 61-0115: Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located west-southwest of San Antonio, Texas. The base is under the jurisdiction of the 802d Mission Support Group, Air Education and Training Command ....

, San Antonio, Texas (#5 in a simulated flightline for security police training)
F-105D 61-0199: Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located west-southwest of San Antonio, Texas. The base is under the jurisdiction of the 802d Mission Support Group, Air Education and Training Command ....

, San Antonio, Texas (#7 in a simulated flightline for security police training)
F-105D 62-4228: Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located west-southwest of San Antonio, Texas. The base is under the jurisdiction of the 802d Mission Support Group, Air Education and Training Command ....

, San Antonio, Texas (#1 in a simulated flightline for security police training)
F-105D 62-4259: Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located west-southwest of San Antonio, Texas. The base is under the jurisdiction of the 802d Mission Support Group, Air Education and Training Command ....

, San Antonio, Texas (#2 in a simulated flightline for security police training)
F-105D 62-4279: Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located west-southwest of San Antonio, Texas. The base is under the jurisdiction of the 802d Mission Support Group, Air Education and Training Command ....

, San Antonio, Texas (#6 in a simulated flightline for security police training)
F-105D 62-4346: Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located west-southwest of San Antonio, Texas. The base is under the jurisdiction of the 802d Mission Support Group, Air Education and Training Command ....

, San Antonio, Texas (#9 in a simulated flightline for security police training)
F-105D 62-4353: Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located west-southwest of San Antonio, Texas. The base is under the jurisdiction of the 802d Mission Support Group, Air Education and Training Command ....

, San Antonio, Texas (#3 in a simulated flightline for security police training)
F-105G 63-8363: Undergoing restoration by the Air and Ground Museum, San Antonio, Texas

Unknown

F-105B 57-5814: fate is unconfirmed, last reported at Salt Lake City Air National Guard Base, Salt Lake City International Airport
Salt Lake City International Airport
Salt Lake City International Airport is a major public airport in Utah. A joint civil-military facility, it is located in western Salt Lake City, approximately four miles from the central business district...

, Utah (former Thunderbird)
F-105B 57-5835: fate is unconfirmed, last reported at Camp Bullis
Camp Bullis
Camp Bullis Military Training Reservation is a U.S. Army training camp located in Bexar County, Texas, just northwest of San Antonio, USA. The camp is named for Brigadier General John Lapham Bullis ,...

Military Training Reservation, San Antonio, Texas
F-105D 58-1172: fate is unconfirmed, last reported at Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head, Maryland
F-105D 60-0438: fate is unconfirmed, last reported at National Air and Space Museum
National Air and Space Museum
The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution holds the largest collection of historic aircraft and spacecraft in the world. It was established in 1976. Located in Washington, D.C., United States, it is a center for research into the history and science of aviation and...

, Washington, D.C. (stored)
F-105F 63-8325: fate is unconfirmed, last reported at Aerospace Museum of California
Aerospace Museum of California
The Aerospace Museum of California is an aviation museum located in North Highlands, California on the former McClellan Air Force Base, which closed in 2001. It features displays of authentic military and civilian aircraft as well as space vehicle replicas...

, McClellan Airfield
McClellan Airfield
McClellan Airfield , known officially as McClellan Airport, is a county-owned public-use airport located six miles northeast of the central business district of Sacramento, a city in Sacramento County, California, United States....

(former McClellan AFB), CA
F-105G 63-8285: fate is unconfirmed, last reported at AMARC, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Davis–Monthan Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located within the city limits, and approximately south-southeast of downtown, Tucson, Arizona....

, Arizona

External links

AeroWeb list of F-105 Thunderchiefs on display in the US.

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