Step into the thrilling history of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and discover the untold story of aviation legend Jackie ...

The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt emerged from a design philosophy that sought to extract every possible advantage from contemporary aeronautical knowledge. From its earliest conception, the aircraft was ...

In the hierarchy of American fighter planes during World War II, the top will be forever populated by the P-51 Mustang and not much of anything else. The Mustang may get all the glory, but if you were ...

Click to open image viewer. 2000-horsepower radial engine, eight .50 caliber machine guns, tail-wheel type landing gear. Yellow and black checkered nose with AAF insignia on wings. Thunderbolt pilots ...

Republic Aviation is known for one of two iconic warplanes, the P-47 Thunderbolt of World War II fame, and its burley descendant, the A-10 Thunderbolt II, or the Warthog, as so many people lovingly ...