Flightline at Taegu Air Base in 1952. The F-84G, 51-10368, belongs to the 8th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 49th Fighter Bomber Wing.F-84s of the 474th Fighter Bomber Wing, also at Taegu Air Base.
The happy day arrives for three pilots of the 8th Fighter Bomber Squadron: They have flown their 100th mission, and will soon be heading home. A slight curiosity: the rearmost plane reads “456” on the fuselage, but the tail says “51-1135”. Wonder what that story is.Special 100 Mission bomb is readied at the Taegu bomb dump. Besides the Hillbilly paint job, the bomb also reads “A Little Remembrance of West ‘By God’ Virginia”.
The Jive Bomber 