TF-104G 27+36 JaboG 32 (FBW 32) at snow-covered Bodo AB, Norway in November 1980

TF-104G, construction number 5738, US serial number 61-3067, built by Lockheed
manufactured by Group USA (ARGE-USA); test flight release May 14, 1963; first flight 1963 coded with US serial number "61-3067"
MAP to Germany coded KE+238; acceptance date June 28, 1963 by BABwLockheed with 11:15 flight hours
airlifted to Messerschmitt-Manching, Germany July 15, 1963 with a Canadair CL-44D airfreighter of the "Flying Tiger Line"
coded DA+067 for Messerschmitt test flight on September 20, 1963; camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order "TA-196"
acceptance date by BABwMTT November 19, 1963; LVR 3 on December 3, 1963 for modifications
DA+367 JaboG 31 delivery date on February 4, 1964 at Norvenich AB; JaboG 33 on December 9, 1964; JaboG 34 on December 1, 1965
DB+373 JaboG 32 at Lechfeld AB on May 19, 1967
27+36 JaboG 33 at Buchel AB on April 15, 1978; withdrawn from use and stored at LwSchleuse 11 on June 11, 1981; struck off charge order (AVA) July 13, 1983
with 2.154 flight hours flown to Cameri AB, Italy on August 22, 1984; acceptance day for AMI on September 1, 1988 with serial number MM54554
coded "4-48" of 20°Gruppo operational on August 6, 1993; to Alenia on July 21, 1997 for IRAN + TF-104G-M conversion
delivery date with "M" modification December 22, 1999 in grey camouflage scheme; 20 Gruppo TF-104G Starfighter MM54554 4-48 at RAF Fairford in July 2003
withdrawn from use October 31, 2003 with 3.267 flight hours; storage at Grazzanise AB in November 2003; May 31, 2004 noted on Grazzanise AB CFE storage flightline
April 2009 noted; June 2017 stored last noted; scrapped.

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