![]() ![]() ![]() “There were 15 F-105 pilots in our squadron each carried one 500 pound nuclear bomb that looked pretty much like any other 500 pound conventional bomb,” the 72-year-old Calusa Lakes resident who lives in Nokomis, Fla. His single nuclear bomb would wipe it off the map. His main mission in Okinawa was to scramble his F-105 and have it airborne in five minutes or less headed for a predetermined target he had spent years studying. When not taking the air war to the North Vietnamese, his unit, the 12th Tactical Fighter Squadron based in Okinawa, Japan, was on call to deliver a knock-out blow to an enemy any where in the world if the United States declared nuclear war. He flew an F-105 “Thunderchief” supersonic fighter-bomber, he and his jet jockey buddies called “Thuds” on 79 combat missions over North Vietnam. Chuck Hofelich was a “Thud” driver and proud of it. His job was to deliver a nuclear strike with his F-105 ‘Thunderchief’ fighter ![]()
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