Aviation Education Exhibition hall
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The F-84G, manufactured by the US Republic Aviation Corporation, is equipped with a J35-A-29 axial-flow turbojet engine with 5,600 lb (2,540 kg) of thrust. It has a maximum speed of 540 knots (1,001km/h) and a service ceiling of 40,500 feet (12,340 m). The F-84G has four .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns installed, and is capable of carrying two 1,000 lb bombs or thirty two 5-inch rockets under the wings.
It entered service with the ROC Air Force in 1953 and was used as our jet fighter first-ever. Flying this type of aircraft, Lieutenant Yi-fen Ouyang shot down two MiG-17s and wounded another two MiG-17s of the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force in a mission over the Taiwan Strait on July 21, 1956. He was therefore awarded the Order of Blue Sky and White Sun with Grand Cordon. The F-84G was decommissioned in 1960.
Combat History: Taishan Archipelago Air Combat on May 15, 1955; Hsiapu Air Combat on July 4, 1955; Sishuang Air Combat on April 14, 1956; Luoyuanwan Air Combat on July 20, 1956; Minhai Air Combat on July 21, 1956; and the Battle of Nan′ao Island on July 29, 1958.
ROCAF Serial Number: 054
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F-84G Thunderjet-Fighter
It entered service with the ROC Air Force in 1953 and was used as our jet fighter first-ever. Flying this type of aircraft, Lieutenant Yi-fen Ouyang shot down two MiG-17s and wounded another two MiG-17s of the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force in a mission over the Taiwan Strait on July 21, 1956. He was therefore awarded the Order of Blue Sky and White Sun with Grand Cordon. The F-84G was decommissioned in 1960.
Combat History: Taishan Archipelago Air Combat on May 15, 1955; Hsiapu Air Combat on July 4, 1955; Sishuang Air Combat on April 14, 1956; Luoyuanwan Air Combat on July 20, 1956; Minhai Air Combat on July 21, 1956; and the Battle of Nan′ao Island on July 29, 1958.
ROCAF Serial Number: 054
- Wingspan: 36 ft 5 in (11.1 m)
- Length: 38 ft 1 in (11.61 m)
- Height: 12 ft 7 in (3.83 m)
- Gross Weight: 23,525 lb (10,670 kg)
