F-104G "R-348" (62-12348) Esk 723 of RDAF at Aalborg 1977

F-104G, construction number 683C-6047, model 683-10-19, US serial number 62-12348, built by Canadair
first flight May 1, 1964 at Canadair; after 9 flights with 15:55 flight hours ready at Canadair July 9, 1964
delivery date USAF on August 6, 1964 coded "FG-348/22348" after a ferry flight via Langley AFB to MOAMA Brookley AFB, Mobile, Alabama
the aircraft arrived at Nørresundby, Denmark on the USN heavy lift cargo ship "Marine Fiddler" November 23, 1964
MAP (Military Assistance Program) to Denmark coded R-348 on November 23, 1964
Esk 726 delivery date January 6, 1965; Esk 723 on September 22, 1965; repainted in an all green camouflage scheme on November 6, 1969
repainted in glossy green camouflage scheme on July 15, 1977; January 8, 1983 to Esk 726; last flight April 11, 1986; withdrawn from use April 30, 1986 with 4.094 flying hours
preserved and disassembled at Aalborg and transported by road to Aarhus for shipment to Bremerhaven on April 1, 1987
MAP (Military Assistance Program) to ROCAF April 1, 1987 under Project "Ali Shan No.10" for 3 Wing; coded as "4415" operated by 3 Wing
withdrawn from use March 7, 1994; scrapped in 1997.

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