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Description
| Manufacturer: | Republic | |
| Base model: | F-84 | |
| Designation: | YRF-84 | |
| Version: | F | |
| Nickname: | Thunderflash | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1948-Present | |
| Basic role: | Fighter | |
| Modified Mission: | Reconnaissance | |
| Status: | Prototype | |
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Specifications
| Not Yet Available |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| United States Air Force Museum | Wright-Patterson | Ohio |
YRF-84F on display
United States Air Force Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Jack Foster , OH | Yes, this is a YRF-84F. It was originally built as the YF-96A and was later modified to serve as a prototype for the RF-84F FICON program. 03/03/2010 @ 13:44 [ref: 25809] |
| Andy Crews San Antonio, TX | That is the YRF-84F FICON prototype. It was based on the RF-84E fuselage (with the circular air intake) with the additon of swept wings and tail from the RF-84F. It's unique because of the drooped tailplanes in the rear of the aircraft. 08/04/2008 @ 17:00 [ref: 22354] |
| arthur miller Newtown, PA | The aircraft pictured is not the YRF-84F, but the YF-96A.
Republic received the designation when making a swept-wing version of their F-84 Thunderjet. It was called the YF-96A. The swept-wing F-84F Thunderstreak, was designed with a larger engine than the straight-wing F-84 Thunderjet, so the air intake was designed as a large vertical oval, not circular, as pictured. The RF-84F Thunderflash was a swept-wing aircraft with air intakes at the wing roots, not the nose cowling. The aircraft pictured is actually the FICON version. This aircraft was designed with a nose hook apparatus that enabled it to be carried inside a bomber bomb bay to operate as a parasite fighter to protect the bomber. It was not a very successful program. 05/27/2004 @ 12:03 [ref: 7487] |
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