P-47D Thunderbolt | Premium Print

P-47D Thunderbolt | Premium PrintThe P 47 Thunderbolt was the heaviest single seat fighter of WWII serving in Europe and the Pacific theater. Nicknamed the Jug, it was one of the best fighter bombers of the war. Huge for a fighter, it was very fast and it had excellent high altitude performance. Heavily armored and rugged it could, if needed, out dive any fighter the Japanese or Germans possessed. Some of the highest scoring American aces flew the P 47, most of them being in the

000 aircraft being assembled

It was clearly the fastest US fighter at the time

Its first flight was in March of 1968

He was sent to help improve the performance of the P-38

most of them being in the European theater

Equipped with a 20mm cannon and a variety of air to air missiles

flying from Los Angeles

000 lbs of mixed ordinance

0 plus and has a maximum ferry range of approximately 2

is a single seat

serial controlled as limited editions

The C-130 continues to be built with the latest model being the C-130J