Republic Aviation The 14th Fighter Group ... allowed the company—and the now-redesignated F-84 Thunderjet—to survive. In December 1950, the 27th Fighter-Escort Wing became the first Thunderjet ...

American early warning radars detected them and scrambled two F-84 Thunderjets to intercept them, expecting the MiGs to violate German airspace. The flight leader was Lt Warren Brown, a pilot with ...