F-105雷公，是美国服役于1960年代的超音速攻击机。虽然属于第二代战机但同时有战机和攻击机特色，可以说是现代F-15E或F/A-18等战轰机的先驱概念。虽然原先设计是作为战术核武投掷机，但是越战中F-105负担了美国空军大部分的对地轰炸支持任务。原本该机设计是单座单发动机战机，但是根据需求评估后来又设计了「野鼬」双座机版用于强化对地精准轰炸压制敌军防空火力。

本机基本上延续F-100战机的超音速概念，F-105通常装备传统炸弹和机砲；然而，它一开始本质上是设计成高空低海拔核武轰炸机。首飞于1955，服役于1958。当时是有史以来最大的美军单人座战机，载弹量还超过二战时的许多战略轰炸机。当F-105在越战早期时几乎负责所有北越境内轰炸任务。在运行的超过20,000架次轰炸中有382架战损（几乎是所有833架的一半）；其中有62架是由于机械故障而坠毁。虽然它空战机动性不如米格机，但是它还是用机砲打下了27架敌机。

The Republic F-105 Thunderchief was a supersonic fighter-bomber used by the United States Air Force. The Mach 2 capable F-105 conducted the majority of strike bombing missions during the early years of the Vietnam War; it was the only U.S. aircraft to have been removed from combat due to high loss rates. Originally designed as a single-seat, nuclear-attack aircraft, a two-seat Wild Weasel version was later developed for the specialized Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) role against surface-to-air missile sites. The F-105 was commonly known as the "Thud" by its crews.