Designed in the early Cold War as an experimental hybrid between jet and propeller aircraft, the Thunderscreech was intended to merge the fast climb rates of propeller planes with jet-level speed. But ...

Some amazing airplanes rolled off the factory floor at Republic Aviation's factory in Farmingdale, New York. Lots of their designs are well known and well celebrated. Like The mighty P-47 Thunderbolt, ...

In the early days of the jet era, one fighter stood head and shoulders above the rest ... as the worst American fighter of the Cold War. The Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech was a well-intentioned ...

Sonic booms can be loud. Really loud. Commercial aviation was restricted from breaking the sound barrier after a handful of tests in the 1960s showed just how harmful going supersonic could be to ...

There is no denying that the swept-wing F-84F Thunderstreak – which could attain speeds just shy of 700 mph – was an ideal aircraft when it entered service in 1950. Simply put, it terrorized the North ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Due to poor performance, high maintenance, and its other issues, the XF-84H never became operational. One of the two prototypes is now in the collection of the ...