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Republic F-84 Thunderjet with Reverse Thruster
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The US Air Force loaned a Republic F-84 Thunderjet to the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory in the spring of 1954. NACA researchers soon modified the aircraft for the first demonstration of a reverse thruster. Republic built over 4000 Thunderjets between 1947 and 1953 for the military as a successor to the Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star. TheF-84s became successful multi-use aircraft during the Korean War.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineRepublic F-84 Thunderjet with Reverse Thruster. NASA/GRC, 1954-06-23. Public domain. ID: GRC-1954-C-36132.
