RF-104G 21+00 AG 52 during Tiger Meet 70 at Kleine-Brogel AB (EBBL) July 1970

RF-104G, construction number 683D-6621, company model 683-04-10, built by FIAT (Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino)
manufactured by Italian Group (ARGE-Italien); RF-104G production in "Recce" photoreconnaissance version coded KC+132 first flight July 24, 1964 at FIAT, Turin-Caselle
camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order "TA-196"; acceptance date August 31, 1964 by BABw FIAT; LwVersRgt 3 at Manching  AB on September 24, 1964 for modifications
EB+101 AG 52 at Leck AB delivery date on December 14, 1964 at Leck AB
21+00 WaSLw 10 at Jever AB on October 7, 1971; modified to AWX (All Weather Fighter) version in December 1971
JG 74 at Neuburg AB on June 16, 1972; JaboG 32 in June 1974; withdrawn from use August 6, 1975 with 1.747 flight hours due to a damaged anti-icing system
struck off charge order (AVA) August 8, 1975; instructional airframe (GIA) at Lechfeld AB 1975
later BDRT airframe at Lechfeld AB with training aid code "C002" in 1992 noted; to LwVersRgt 1 at Erding on January 10, 1995 for restoration
coded "DB+101" displayed at Luftwaffenunterstützungs-Gruppenkommando Süd (LwUGrpKdoSüd) Karlsruhe March 28, 1995
JaboG 32 marks; exchanged for construction number 2002; unit renamed later 1.LwDiv
now Verteidigungsbezirkskommando 52 in "General Kammhuber" Kaserne, Karlsruhe; "DB+101" on May 1, 2004 noted; coded "21+00" October 27, 2007 noted; June 27, 2009 last noted
taken down and moved to Germersheim barracks for storage, February 5, 2010 first noted
on pole LwAusbRgt "Hans Graf von Sponeck" barracks (Luftwaffen-Ausbildungsbataillon/LwAusbRgt) Germersheim, JaboG 32 marks (exchanged with 24+66)
July 12, 2010 noted; June 2023 in the Südpfalz Kaserne (previously "von Sponeck" Kaserne) last noted.

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