Dev Blog #43: Thunderjet

[LukeFF]

Hey everyone! We are looking at the details of the F-84E Thunderjet in today's blog entry: https://il2-korea.com/news/dd_43

 

[Ghost666]

Can't wait to take that baby for a spin!

[BlitzPig_EL]

Some jet powered ground pounding will ensue.

 

Be sure!

[YoYo]

What about fuel tanks at wing tips?

 

Edited August 8, 2025 by YoYo

[LukeFF]

Not ready yet.

[PhilthySpud]

Sooo…this airfield with lots of trees that we’ve seen a lot in dev blogs: is it based on a real location? If so, where please? I don’t recall ever having seen anywhere like that in any of the Korean War photos I’ve looked at.

[LukeFF]

20 minutes ago, PhilthySpud said:

Sooo…this airfield with lots of trees that we’ve seen a lot in dev blogs: is it based on a real location? If so, where please? I don’t recall ever having seen anywhere like that in any of the Korean War photos I’ve looked at.

 

No, it's just a fictional airfield. 

[deathmisser]

I love flying this thing in War Thunder so it's interesting how IL-2 K will handle this plane, it's maybe gonna be my fav one in the title.   

[357thFG]

A U.S. Air Force F-84 crew chief cleans the canopy as the pilot straps in before a mission. The Republic F-84E-30-RE Thunderjet (s/n 51-687) was assigned to the 9th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 49th Fighter-Bomber Wing, and was shot down by MiG-15s on 9 September 1952. The pilot Captain Warren O'Brien is missing in action.