#rf-84

Warlord Photo File from Warlord No. 411, dated 7 August 1982. The Republic RF-84F Thunderflash. It states in the text it was a development of the Thunderjet but reading up on it shows it was really a variant of the later Thunderstreak.

Confusingly the Thunderjet and the Thunderstreak were both known as the F-84 (the Thunderstreak being the F-84F) but were quite different planes.

The Thunderflash was given the added 'R' prefix for 'Reconnaissance' and had loads of cameras. Other than that I don't know very much about these planes. Although they were used by various NATO forces I would say in the UK this family of jets aren't that well known.

Photo by P. H. Lee.

Below is a 1974 ad for the Airfix model kit of the Thunderstreak.