TF-104G "5945", ex 28+15 displayed in the village Ahili, near Kirikkale (Turkey) on roof of "Özel Yonca Mesleki ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi", a private high school

TF-104G, construction number 583F-5945, company model 583-10-20, assembled by Messerschmitt (MTT)
manufactured by Lockheed, Messerschmitt (ARGE-Süd) and VFW; assembled by Messerschmitt-Manching starting March 14, 1967; first flight June 3, 1967 coded KE+103
camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order "TA-196"; recoded KE+203 on June 16, 1967 due to code conflict; acceptance day by BABwMTT August 2, 1967 with 3:15 flight hours
DA+365 JaboG 31 at Norvenich AB delivery date on August 4, 1967
28+15 MFG 1 on November 28, 1972; Navy camouflage scheme "Norm 76" according tech order "TA-196-3" in October 1973 at MBB
MFG 2 at Eggebek AB on October 29, 1981; JaboG 33 at Buchel AB on July 18, 1983; JaboG 34 at Memmingen AB on October 15, 1983
withdrawn from use and stored at LwSchleuse 11 on January 23, 1986; struck of charge order (AVA) November 26, 1985
MAP (Military Assistance Program) with 2.267 flight hours on June 3, 1986 to Turkish Air Force (TuAF serial number 67-5945); coded "6-945" with 161 Filo of 6.AJU Bandirma AB
with 162 Filo at Cameri AB May 22, 1988 for squadron exchange with 21°Gruppo; at Chievres Airshow June 26, 1988 coded "6-945"; coded "9-945" with 193 Filo of 9.AJU Balikesir AB in 1990
181 Filo at Diyarbakir AB on May10, 1993; withdrawn from use June 30, 1994 coded "8-945" with 182 Filo of 8.AJU; preserved on campus of Kirikkale University, Turkey (80 Km east of Ankara) 
coded "8-945"; July 2, 2003 first noted; June 2011 last noted; moved to a small town named Keskin in Kirikkale province coded the aircraft as "Keskin-1"; September 2013 first noted
May 2015 code "Keskin-1" was removed; in May 2015 it was moved to the roof of "Özel Yonca Mesleki ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi", a private high school teaching aircraft engine and fuselage 
technicians. The private high school is in a small village named Ahili, near Kirikkale (Turkey); August 2023 last noted.

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