F-104G "346", ex 25+51 display at Marmara University, Goztepe, Istanbul 2012

F-104G, construction number 683D-8346, company model 683-10-19, built by Fokker
manufactured by North Group (ARGE-Nord); assembled in Fighterbomber version at Fokker-Schiphol; first flight February 2, 1965 coded KG+446
camouflage scheme “Norm 62” according tech order "TA-196"; acceptance date April 15, 1965 by BABwFokker (RNAF-MTA)
DB+252 JaboG 32 at Lechfeld AB delivery date on May 13, 1965
25+51 code change start on November 13, 1967; JaboG 36 at Hopsten AB on July 9, 1974; JaboG 33 on October 1, 1974
detached to Decimomannu AB in 1976 and September 1978; JaboG 32 on April 29, 1981
withdrawn from use at LwSchleuse 11 on June 13, 1984; struck off charge order (AVA) October 2, 1984
MAP (Military Assistance Program) to Turkish Air Force (TuAF serial number 65-8346) on November 15, 1984 with 3.498 flight hours
coded "4-346" with 4.AJU in 1984; in 1989 with 162 Filo; coded "8-346" May 17, 1990 with 181 Filo
"8-346" 181 Filo at Rimini AB in July 1990 on squadron exchange with the Italian Air Force 102°Gruppo
withdrawn from use and stored November 6, 1991; preserved at Marmara University, Goztepe, Istanbul in August 1998
displayed outside Technical Faculty inside Goztepe Campus; 2002 noted; October 29, 2010 in poor status noted
painted in grey colors with serial "346" on the rudder May 2012 noted; May 2020 (weathered) noted; October 2023 last noted.

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