Operation Bolo was a brilliantly conceived deception designed to counter the North Vietnamese MiG-21 threat during Operation Rolling Thunder. U.S. F-4 Phantom IIs disguised themselves as slower, less ...

Restoration Specialist John Shatz describes how squadron maintenance crews in the Vietnam War came to love a beast like the F-105 Thunderchief. Twice a day, almost every day, the aircraft had to be ...

When the Republic F-105 Thunderchief first debuted in 1955, the new supersonic fighter did not impress its pilots. The Air Force community proceeded to assign a slew of derogatory nicknames, including ...