F-104G "4-277" display at (former) 141 squadron operations area at Murted AB 2016

F-104G, construction number 683D-8277, company model 683-10-19, built by Fokker
manufactured by North Group (ARGE-Nord); first flight June 23, 1964 coded KG+377 at Fokker-Schiphol
delivery date August 31, 1964 in Fighterbomber version; camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order "TA-196"; acceptance date by BABwFokker (RNAF-MTA) August 31, 1964
LVR 3 (Luftwaffenversorgungsregiment 3) at Manching AB on November 4, 1964 for technical upgrading
DB+108 JaboG 34 at Memmingen AB delivery date on January 5, 1965; damaged due to "over-G" in 1965 and to Messerschmitt for repair; to JaboG 32 at Lechfeld AB on March 31, 1966
25+13 damaged due to an "over-G" on May 22, 1969 and to MBB for repair, back to JaboG 32 in December 1969
withdrawn from use and stored at LwSchleuse 11 on March 31, 1983; struck off charge order (AVA) March 22, 1984
MAP (Military Assistance Program) with 3.250 flight hours to Turkish Air Force (TuAF serial number 64-8277) on May 23, 1984; coded "4-277" with 4.AJU at Murted AB in 1984
coded "6-262" with 162 Filo of 6.AJU I 1989; "8-262" of 181 Filo of 8.AJU Diyarbakir AB on May 17, 1990; withdrawn from use an stored in 1992
preserved coded "8-277" in Istanbul, Yesilyurt at Turkish Air Force Academy on sports camp (Hava Harp Okulu) in 1996; May 2007 last noted; down for restoration
August 2012 on display at 141 squadron operations area at Akinci AB (former Murted AB) coded "4-277" in Silver colors first noted
Following the failed coup, Akinci Air Base was redesignated with its former name Murted AB in 2016; October 2023 last noted.

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