F-104G "13264" (63-13264) on left wing over the Oak Creek Canyon, Arizona 1973

F-104G, construction number 683-2092, company model 683-10-19, US serial number 63-13264, built by Lockheed
manufactured by Group USA (ARGE-USA); flight test release May 7, 1962; assembly in Fighterbomber version according contract lot 7
flown with register number "192" for test flights 1962; acceptance date by BABwLockheed not known
coded KF+167 airlifted to Messerschmitt-Manching, Germany August 21, 1962 in a Canadair CL-44D airfreighter of "Flying Tiger Line" with 15:10 flight hours
reassembled by Messerschmitt but no test flight and stored; not delivered to the German Air Force
order for project "Columbus" on November 15, 1962; disassembled again and with code BG+110 airlifted back to USA on January 28, 1963
at Lockheed-Palmdale reassembly and modified according modification status 2220
 in USAF Silver-finish colors to the 4510th CCTW at Luke AFB, Arizona (German shadow serial number 2079, never used for registration) coded 13264
2.720 flight hours in May 1977; 1978 temporarily grounded for repair of fatigue cracks; into long term storage with 2.894 flight hours
sold to USAF with "Phase I" lot; struck off charge order (AVA) January 24, 1983
MAP (Military Assistance Program) to ROCAF 1983 under project "Ali Shan No.8"; delivered by sea container and arrived at 1st Depot at Pingtung South AB for reassembly in 1983
delivered to 41 or 42 TFS of 499 TFW at CCK (Ching Chuan Kang) AB coded "4380"; in August 1986 499 TFW moved to Hsinchu AB
withdrawn from use and stored at Hsinchu AB in 1993; scrapped at Hsinchu AB.

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