If you know anything about Republic Aviation, it's because of one of two airplanes. Either the hellfire raining, 30-mm autocannon sporting A-10 Warthog, or because of its plucky forbearer, the P-47 ...
The XF-84H was an ambitious project to reverse-engineer a jet-powered F-84 into a prop-driven aircraft capable of achieving near-jet performance. The United States Navy initially had an interest in a ...