This aircraft was the first of the two prototypes produced by Republic. It flew eight of the 12 test flights. The National Air Museum obtained the aircraft from Kern County, California, in February 1999.
Republic XF-84H
The XF-84H was a joint Air Force/Navy project based on the F-84F. It was originally designed to combine the speed of jet aircraft with the long range, low fuel consumption, and low landing speed of propeller-driven aircraft. The XF-84H was the fastest single-engine propeller-driven aircraft ever built.