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Sun, Sep 20, 2026, 12:54:30 MT

THE AVIATIONIST · DEFENSE

TREETOP THUNDERCHIEFS: HOW THE F-105 BECAME A LOW-LEVEL THREAT IN VIETNAM...

Fast and agile at low altitudes, the F-105 gained new respect for the amount of punishment it could dish out as well as absorb.

SCOTT: Watch the airframe and the training pipeline, not the parade footage. Programs live or die in the schoolhouse.

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