Towards Republic F-84G Thunderjet
By early 1952 the Belgian Air Force took on fee a minimum of 213 Republic F-84G fighter-bombers because of its second, 9th and 10th Wings in addition to N° 42 recce Squadron. The initial 140 aircraft were delivered by ship at Karup (Denmark) were the aircraft were ready the ferry journey to Belgium. Thunderjets FZ-141 up to FZ-161 were flown in through the United States to be accepted at Melsbroek airbase. Another fighters had been all former USAF devices which underwent deep upkeep at Sabca (Haren) before being brought to the Belgian Air Force. Some of the devices had the required wiring to be utilized as reconnaissance aircraft utilizing particularly modified wing-tip tanks built with digital cameras. These recce planes (FZ-187, -188, -189, -191, -192, -203, -204 and -205) all offered with "C" journey of N° 2 Squadron (RAF) later on to become N° 42 Squadron (BAF). Currently in 1956/57 most of the Thunderjets had been changed by the vastly enhanced F-84F Thunderstreak in framework of "Operation Swapshop". The Thunderjet is really the symbol associated with cold war when a small country such as for example Belgium could count on at least 29 squadrons. As the F-84G&39;s had been delivered inside framework for the Mutual Defence Aid Programme (MDAP) most of these aircraft had a second profession in other NATO nations such as Denmark, Greece, Portugal, Turkey and such exotic places as Yugoslavia and also Thailand.
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