REPUBLIC F-84E-31RE/F-84G-RE THUNDERJET

(unfortunately photography at Danish Air Force bases was in the fifties and sixties STRICTLY dis-encouraged so only few pictures taken by individuals can be found. Because of this I have only been able to find approx. 25% of the aircraft flown and of these only a handful has been taken by “civilians”.)

F-84E

(unofficial badge)

ESK 725

(1951-52)

51-9558	51-9569
51-9584	51-9586
51-9587	51-9588

F-84G

ESK 725 ESK 726 ESK 727 ESK 728 ESK 729 ESK 730 FR/PR-FLT TRF SNVÆR SNSKP SNÅLB SNKAR

(1952-61) (1952-59) (1952-59) (1953-60) (1953-60) (1954-61) (1955-57) (1956-61) (1958-62)(1958-60)(1959-62) (1961)

”PØR” (all RDAF pilots/Navs have a 3-letter name)

accept the first F-84G for ESK 725 from

USAF pilot Joe Kittinger on 13 June 1952.

RDAF F-84G CODING SYSTEM:

1951-1954 American Buzz-number + 3 last of serial (ex.FS-433)

Spring 1954-1960 Squadron Codes (ex.KR-P) allocated aircraft only display SQD-codes

SQD-CODES: ESK725- KP - ESK726- KR - ESK727- KU -

ESK728- SI - ESK729- SY - ESK730- SE - TREESK- AT - PR/FLT- KA -

1960-1962 Type Code Letter -A- + 3 last of Serial (irrespectively of unit)

51-1044	51-1048
51-1058	51-1064
51-1101	51-1114 (used as decoy test acft with fake swept wing)
51-1187	51-1197
51-1217	51-10513
51-9637	51-9663
51-9672	51-9674
51-9675	51-9676
51-9681	51-9682
51-9707	51-9709
51-9710	51-9711
51-9712	51-9718
51-9722	51-9723
51-9724	51-9737
51-9771	51-9774
51-9779	51-9785
51-9792	51-9793
51-9802	51-9803
51-9808	51-9809
51-9811	51-9813
51-9814	51-9819
51-9821	51-9825
51-9826	51-9838
51-9844	51-9885
51-9895	51-9915
51-9940	51-9944
51-9948	51-9949
51-9950	51-9951
51-9958	51-9963
51-9966	51-9970
51-9972	51-9973
51-9974	51-9978
51-9982	51-9986
51-9987	51-9990
51-9994	51-9997
51-9998	51-10013
51-10015	51-10016
51-10017	51-10018
51-10022	51-10024
51-10037	51-10043
51-10051	51-10054
51-10076	51-10090
51-10094	51-10124
51-10135	51-10138
51-10143	51-10150
51-10156	51-10159
51-10181	51-10189
51-10203	51-10209
51-10216	51-10246
51-10297	51-10298
51-10301	51-10310
51-10330	51-10362
51-10407	51-10410
51-10415	51-10425
51-10475	51-10476
51-10477	51-10479
51-10481	51-10482
51-10483	51-10487
51-10490	51-10491
51-10497	51-10499
51-10501	51-10502
51-10503	51-10504
51-10506	51-10507
51-10511	51-10513
51-10515	51-10518
51-10520	51-10521
51-10523	51-10525
51-10537	51-10558
51-10564	51-10579
51-10580	51-10592
51-10596	51-10598
51-10600	51-10603
51-10606	51-10610
51-10611	51-10613
51-10614	51-10615
51-10622	51-10624
51-10627	51-10629
51-10636	51-10637
51-10647	51-10651
51-10652	51-10656
51-10660	51-10665
51-10700	51-10705
51-10708	51-10715
51-10718	51-10720
51-10721	51-10731
51-10741	51-10744
51-10747	51-10748
51-10751	51-10752
51-10753	51-10754
51-10755	51-10756
51-10759	51-10761
51-10765	51-10766
51-10769	51-10774
51-10777	51-10781
51-10791	51-10798
51-10799	51-10802
51-10820	51-10902
51-10909	51-10916
51-10917	51-10930
51-10933	51-11167
51-11224	51-16665
51-16678	51-16689
52-2908	52-2925
52-2933	52-2934
52-2970	52-2981
52-2991	52-3024
52-3039	52-3047
52-3054	52-3057
52-3066	52-3069
52-3071	52-3076
52-3078	52-3079
52-3086	52-3126
52-8297	52-8298
52-8299	52-8305
52-8323	52-8328
52-8338 “K J”	52-8349
52-8350	52-8354
52-8364	52-8368
52-8386	52-8433

F-84G SQUADRON FORMATIONS

ESK 725 (KP-) 16-ship formation ESK 726 (KR-) squadron formation

ESK 727 (KU-) 16-ship formation (5 acft are camouflaged!) ESK 728 (SI-) 12-ship formation

The first RDAF JATO TAKE-OFF Aircraft of Trænings Flighten (black/white lightning tiptanks)

with other assigned aircraft in “old codes”.

THE WEAPONS OF THE RDAF F-84Gs

250 and 500 pound bombs and 5 inch HVAR rockets

HVAR-Rockets. The 12.7mm guns. The 6 12.7mm guns being test fired

for syncronisation.

Weapons demonstration- rockets, NAPALM and Bombs

ATTRISION WAS HEAVY THOUGH – here 3 aircraft came to grief at Karup on a slippery runway