F-104G 20+57 JaboG 31 during formation take-off at Norvenich AB 1973 F-104G, construction number 683-2066, company model 683-10-19, built by Lockheed manufactured by Group USA (ARGE-USA); Lockheed assembly in Fighterbomber version according contract lot 6; flight test release January 29, 1962 test flights with register number coded "166" only; coded KF+141 May 22, 1962 accepted by BABwLockheed airlifted to Messerschmitt-Manching on June 1, 1962 in a Canadair CL-44D airfreighter of "Flying Tiger Line"; test flight by Messerschmitt on July 14, 1962 DA+126 JaboG 31 "Boelcke" at Norvenich AB delivery date on August 1, 1962 in Silver-finish colors project "19" upgrade in order to get all Norvenich aircraft to the same modification level starting in January 1963 DA+120 recoded on March 19, 1963 after the upgrading; aircraft was modified to such an extent that it received a new tactical code camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order "TA-196" in August 1965; at Chaumont AB 10 till 24 June 1966 during this Tactical Weapons Meet 20+57 EL-70/EL-73 Electronic Counter Measure (ECM) system was installed in the weapon system in the late 70s with tech order "TA-FL1191" Det. Decimomannu on August 31, 1979; Werft 11 of LVR 1 on March 17, 1980; JaboG 33 on November 20, 1980; TAM82 Wittmundhafen & Jever AB 11.till 23.June 1982 TLP Jever AB 29.August till 16.September 1983; JaboG 34 on February 1, 1985; withdrawn from use at LwSchleuse 11 on September 25, 1985; struck off charge order (AVA) May 9, 1985MAP (Military Assistance Program) to Turkish Air Force (TuAF serial number 62-2066) on November 26, 1985 with 3.722 flight hours; to Sahin Kita OCU at Murted AB coded "4.066 coded "9-066" with of 193 Filo of 9.AJU at Balikesir AB on June 1, 1987; to 192 Filo at Balikesir AB in 1990 in Turkish camouflage scheme coded "8-066" with 181 Filo of 8.AJU at Diyarbakir AB on March 15, 1992; at Norvenich AB "Tag der offenen Tür" Open Day September 11, 1993; withdrawn from use with 8.AJU at Diyarbakir AB on January 31, 1994 stored at Diyarbakir AB in May 1994; "8-066" preserved at Diyarbakir AB at the military school April 2003 first noted; Diyarbakir AB August 28, 2009 noted; October 2021 noted; April 2023 last noted.
37°53'14.95"N 40°12'44.23"E Project "19" After completion of the "Replace" project, LAAO (Lockheed Advisory Office) personnel in Nörvenich inspected all Lockheed aircrafts to determine the modification status. It turned out that there was still no uniform configuration "2056D" achieved. According to the latest Lockheed construction documents, which apparently only the LAAO submitted, up to 60 SB's (Service Bulletins) were missing on the individual aircraft. There is an LAAO report from 14.10.1962. It was therefore decided that the affected 19 F-104G should be retrofitted again by staff of Heinkel from Speyer at Nörvenich. With the instruction of the BWB FS 173/51315 of 30.10.1962 this action was initiated. But for the reasons already mentioned, this work could not begin until January 1963. The following aircrafts were re-modified again: factory numbers: 2043, 2044, 2046 - 2049, 2053 - 2058, 2060 - 2066. 8 aircrafts were changed to such an extent that they received a new tactical code: 2049 - DA+253 to DA+232 2057 - DA+122 to DA+112 2058 - DA+254 to DA+234 2060 - DA+257 to DA+237 2061 - DA+258 to DA+240 2062 - DA+129 to DA+119 2063 - Da+259 to DA+239 2066 - DA+126 to DA+120 10 of these Project "19" aircraft took part in the "Category III" tests: 2043, 2044, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057. "Category III" were tests of operational mission profiles and system tests from April until July 1963. copyright © Günter Grondstein
