TF-104G "4177", ex 61-3080, preserved at ROC Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) 2023

TF-104G, construction number 583D-5751, company model 583-10-20, US serial number 61-3080, built by Lockheed
manufactured by Group USA (ARGE-USA); first flight 1963 coded with US serial number "61-3080"; delivered 1963 under MAP (Military Assistance Program) for Germany; handed over to Germany at Luke AFB
 operated by the 4510th CCTW 1963 (German shadow serial number 2749) in USAF Silver-finish coded 13080
2.918 flight hours in May 1977; flown until end of operation at Luke AFB on March 16, 1983; struck off charge order (AVA) July 21, 1983; sold 1983 to the USAF with "Phase II" lot
MAP (Military Assistance Program) to Taiwan 1983 under project "Ali Shan No.8" with 3.693 flight hours; coded "4177" with 7 TFS of 3 Wing at Hsinchu AB
later instructional airframe (GIA) in Air Force Technical School; preserved Technical School at Gangshan AB 2003 with uncommon serial font; 2003 noted
preserved ROC Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Julun Campus, near the ROC Air Force Museum at Gangshan AB, Gangshan District, Kaohsiung City 2007
November 2009 noted; December 2015 noted; January 2023 last noted.

Starting 1984, under Project "Ali Shan No.8", 41 Squadron, 42 Squadron, and 48 Squadron of 2 Wing at Hsinchu AB
received 36 F-104Gs and 27 TF-104Gs, all of them ex-Luftwaffe from Luke AFB.

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