TF-104G DA+368 Jagdbombergeschwader 31 (JaboG 31) 1966

TF-104G, construction number 583D-5740, company model 583-10-20, US serial number 61-3069, built by Lockheed
manufactured by Group USA (ARGE-USA); assembly at Lockheed-Palmdale; test flight release on May 14, 1963
first flight 1963 coded with US serial number "61-3069"; coded KE+240 acceptance date by BABwLockheed June 27, 1963
airlifted to Manching, Germany on July 22, 1963 with a Canadair CL-44D airfreighter of the "Flying Tiger Line"
DA+069 coded for Messerschmitt test flight October 15, 1963; camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order "TA-196"
acceptance date by BABwMTT December 19, 1963; LVR 1 on January 7, 1964
DA+368 JaboG 31 "Boelcke" delivery date on February 4, 1964 at Norvenich AB; IRAN at Messerschmitt on December 22, 1966
DB+375 JaboG 32 at Lechfeld AB on June 23, 1967
27+38 JaboG 33 at Buchel AB on June 5, 1984; JaboG 34 at Memmingen AB on May 15, 1985
withdrawn from use at LwSchleuse 11 on January 29, 1986; struck off charge order (AVA) February 3, 1986
MAP (Military Assistance Program) with 3.095 flight hours to Türk Hava Kuvvetleri (TuAF) (TuAF serial number 63-5740) May 6, 1986; initially to Sahin Kita (OCU)
"9-740" with 193 Filo (OCU) of 9.AJU at Balikesir AB on June 1, 1987; January 12, 1993 to 191 Filo; with 8.AJU at Diyarbakir AB on May 10, 1993 coded "8-740"
withdrawn from use July 30, 1993; scrapped July 7, 1995 (1.Air Supply and Maintenance Center) at Eskisehir AB according CFE (Conventional Armed Forces in Europe), 
Treaty of January 10, 1989; scrapped.

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