Norway never used the Thunderstreak, but it did aquire a number of the reconnaissance variant , the RF-84F Thunderflash.
The aircraft were in service from 1956 till 1969 and equipped only one squadron of the Luftforsvaret. Initially they were coded T-, but later the AZ- code was applied, AZ- being the code identifying no. 717 squadron based at Rygge. All-in-all the Norwegians used 35 airframes. The Thunderflashes were replaced by the Northrop RF-5A. As per today a number of aircraft have survived, including the AZ-H (depicted in this gallery), which was photographed at Kristiansand/Kjevik in June 2013.
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- AZ-H (FK)
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- AZ-H (FK)
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- AZ-H (FK)
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- AZ-N (GH)
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- AZ-G (GH)
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- AZ-A (GH)
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- RF-84F, Kjevik August 2024 (GH)
I worked as a crew-chief on the 717 squadron Thunderflashes and the squadron code was not AH-, but AZ.
Sigve Djursvoll
Another c/c on the RF84F My plane vas AZ T Always remember that lovely plane.