F-105 ya kasance a cikin jirgin sama na farko na Vietnam War; an tashi sama da 20,000 na Thunderchief, tare da asarar jirgin sama 382 ciki har da 62 (marasa fama) asara (daga cikin 833 da aka samar). Ko da yake ƙirar ta an tsara ta ne don shigar da ƙananan saurin shigar da makamin nukiliya guda ɗaya a ciki. Da farko ya tashi a 1955, Thunderchief ya shiga sabis a 1958. F-105 mai injin guda ɗaya zai iya isar da nauyin bam mafi girma fiye da wasu manyan bama-bamai na Amurka na Yaƙin Duniya na II kamar Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress da Consolidated B-24 Liberator. Tambaya: Me aka tsara F-105 don?
shigarwa mai saurin gudu mai saukar ungulu dauke da makamin nukiliya guda daya a ciki