Republic F-84F Thunderstreak

Though marked as 52-6877, this F-84F is actually 51-9522.  It was delivered to the 508th Strategic Fighter Wing at Turner AFB, Georgia in 1955.  It was transferred to Air National Guard service in 1957, and spent most of its career in ANG units, finishing with the 132nd Tactical Fighter Group (Iowa ANG) in 1971.  After spending decades at the Hawkeye Institute of Technology, it was donated to the Evergreen Air Museum recently.  It has since been completely restored in the more colorful scheme of the 81st Fighter-Bomber Group at RAF Bentwaters, where the real 52-6877 was stationed (the real aircraft crashed in 1957).  This is one of the more impressive aircraft in Evergreen's collection, with a fuselage so polished you could shave in it!