1/72 F-84G ThunderJet

Product Code: 80247

Description

The Republic Aviation Company F-84 Thunderjet was a turbojet
fighter-bomber aircraft. Originating as a USAF proposal for a
daytime fighter in 1944. The F-84 first flew in 1946 and it
entered service in 1947. When production of the F-84 was closed
in 1953, about 4457 had been built, including 6 different
versions. The definitive straight-wing F-84 was the F-84G which
entered service in 1951. It was equipped with a more powerful
engine that provided fast speed, longer range and armaments
capacity And the ability to carry a single Mark 7 nuclear bomb.
The F-84G was retired from USAF in the mid-1960s.