TF-104G 27+27 JaboG 36 at Hopsten AB 1971

TF-104G, construction number 583D-5728, company model 583-10-20, US serial number 61-3057, built by Lockheed
manufactured by Group USA (ARGE-USA); assembly at Lockheed-Palmdale; Lockheed test flights at Palmdale coded with US serial number "61-3057"
acceptance date April 26, 1963 by BABwLockheed; to Germany coded KE+228; airlifted to Manching on May 9, 1963 with a Canadair CL-44D airfreighter of the "Flying Tiger Line"
DA+057 code for test flights at Messerschmitt-Manching; camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order "TA-196"
DA+362 JaboG 31 "Boelcke" at Norvenich AB delivery date on October 3, 1963
JA+373 JG 71 "Richthofen" at Wittmund AB on May 15, 1965
DF+363 JaboG 36 at Hopsten AB on July 8, 1965
27+27 JaboG 33 on September 4, 1974; detachment Decimomannu 1974-1976; JaboG 32 at Lechfeld AB on September 20, 1976; struck off charge order (AVA) October 4, 1978
MAP (Military Assistance Program) delivered to Turkey (Türk Hava Kuvvetleri) on October 20, 1978 from Lechfeld AB with TuAF serial number 63-5728
coded "9-728" to 192 Filo of 9.AJU at Balikesir AB, April 6, 1981 to Sahin Kita (OCU) at Murted; June 1, 1987 to 193 Filo at Balikesir; withdrawn from use and stored on October 10, 1988
scrapped on July 6, 1995 (1.Air Supply and Maintenance Center) at Eskisehir AB according CFE (Conventional Armed Forces in Europe), Treaty of January 10, 1989; at Ankara dump in October 1997 last noted; scrapped.

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