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The F-105G designation was the designation for the Wild Weasel F-105F, which featured greatly improved avionics.
The EF-105F designation was temporarily given to these aircraft, but their designation was eventually changed to the F-105G.
The F-105G was equipped with the AN/APR-35, AN/APR-36, AN/APR-37, and AN/ALR-31 Radar Homing and Warning (RHAW) systems. The installation of the AN/ALR-31 required a wingtip redesign, with a pair of antennas taking over the position of the navigation lights, which were relocated to the leading edge of the wingtip.
In addition, the Wild Weasel F-105F's Itek APR-36 Radar Homing and Warning System was replaced with the Itek Radar Direction Finding and Homing System, and the Bendix APS-107 target acquisition system was installed.
The F-105G also carried additional sensor antennas on its nose.
These included four triangular antennas on the nose, directly behind the main radome.
Most F-105Gs were equipped with a combat camera mounted in a protrusion below the nose, directly behind the radome.
The first F-105Gs were delivered to the 357th TFS of the 355th TFW, based at Tahkli RTAFB, in the second half of 1967. The 12th Tactical Fighter Wing of the 18th Tactical Fighter Wing, which had been deployed from Okinawa to Korat RTAFB, was also equipped with the F-105G.
Also equipped with the F-105G were the 17th WWS and the 6010th WWS (formerly 1st TFS Detachment 1), both of the 388th TFW, based at Korat RTAFB. Unlike the single-seat F-105Ds, which were withdrawn from Southeast Asia in 1970, the F-105Gs remained in service until the end of the US conflict in Vietnam.
Following the US withdrawal from Vietnam, two F-105G squadrons (the 561st and 562nd) served with the 35th TFW of the TAC at George Air Force Base until they were replaced by F-4Gs in 1980.
This marked the end of Thunderchief service with the USAF. The remaining F-105Gs were transferred to the 128th TFW of the Georgia Air National Guard, which operated them until 1983.
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