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    Airframe Family: Republic F-84
    Latest Model:RF-84F-15-RE Thunderflash
    Last Military Serial:FR28 FABe
    Compressed ID:Republic RF-84F-15-RE sn FR28 FABe
    Latest Owner or Location:Brussels Air Museum, Jubelpark, Etterbeek, Brussel Hoofdstedelijk Gewest

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a RF-84F-15-RE by Republic at Farmingdale, New York, USA.

    Circa 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-1945.

    9 May 1963

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Force Arienne Belge with s/n FR28.

    9 May 1963

    Involved in an incident.
    Hit by a ricochet bullet during a shooting exercise over the Helchteren shooting range.

    18 November 1963

    Involved in an incident.
    Ran off the runway on take-off fat Bierset AB.

    17 October 1972

    To Brussels Air Museum, Jubelpark, Etterbeek, Brussel Hoofdstedelijk Gewest.
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    November 1972

    Struck off Strength/Charge.

    2005


    Photographer: Andy West

    14 May 2019


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: At the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History, Brussels, Belgium.

    10 March 2024


    Photographer: Gunther Debiscop

    10 March 2024


    Photographer: Gunther Debiscop
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     European Military Out of Service 2007 by Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden
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     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Wreck Hunters Belgian Military Aircraft
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