The XF-84H was an ambitious project to reverse-engineer a jet-powered F-84 into a prop-driven aircraft capable of achieving near-jet performance. The United States Navy initially had an interest in a ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...