F-84 Thunderjet - T-shirt D-Day Spitfire Westland Sea King HC4

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The Stirling entered service with the RAF in 1941 primarily as a heavy bomber

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entering service with NATO in 1958 as light fighter-bomber

The C-130 Hercules first entered service in 1956 as a tactical transport aircraft

F-84 Thunderjet - T-shirt D-Day Spitfire Westland Sea King HC4Republic F 84 Thunderjet The Thunderjet entered service with the USAAF in 1947 as a strike aircraft and was used during the Korean War. Famously, the first 'Thunderbirds' display team used the Thunderjet. The F 84 was the first to be capable of in flight refuelling and carrying a nuclear weapon. The type was eventually developed with a swept wing and re designated as the Thunderstreak.