TF-104G DB+371 JaboG 32 with 4 ATAF crest on the intake as referee aircraft during TWM at RAFG Wildenrath 1967

TF-104G, construction number 583F-5911, company model 583-10-20, built by Lockheed
manufactured by Lockheed and Messerschmitt (ARGE-Süd); assembly according contract lot 3; fuselage assembled at Messerschmitt-Augsburg, wings manufactured at Messerschmitt-Manching
ARGE-Süd parts (fuselage, wings and tail) airlifted to USA May 10, 1965 with a Canadair CL-44D airfreighter of "Flying Tiger Line"
at Lockheed-Burbank assembled and test flights at Palmdale coded KF+211 in 1965
acceptance date November 16, 1965 by BABwLockheed; airlifted to Avio Diepen at Ypenburg, Netherlands on October 11, 1965 for reassembly 
camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order "TA-196"
DB+371 JaboG 32 at Lechfeld AB delivery date on November 19, 1965
NATO exercise "Tactical Weapons Meet" 1967 at RAFG Wildenrath 16 till 30 June 1967
27+82 ErpSt 61 at Manching  AB on November 15, 1982; withdrawn from use at LwSchleuse 11 on October 29, 1984 with 2.782 flight hours; struck off charge order (AVA) October 19, 1984
MAP (Military Assistance Program) to Turkish Air Force (TuAF serial number 65-5911) on January 22, 1985 coded as "4-911"; with 142 Filo of 4 Wing at Murted AB 1987
at Rimini AB (LIPR) July 1987 with 141 Filo; "9-911" at 9 Wing with 192 Filo at Balikesir AB in 1989; Tiger Meet 91 at IAT Fairford in tiger marks
coded "8-911" of 181 Filo on March 13, 1992 at Diyarbakir AB; February 1, 1994 with 182 Filo last noted; withdrawn from use June 20, 1994 at Diyarbakir AB
preserved as display on pole in "Turkish World Park" in Izmir Çigli, Egekent district, October 2013 first noted; October 2016 last noted; October 2017 stored for restoration
September 2018 on pole in the "75th Year Turkish World Park"; display October 2021 last noted; October 14, 2022 seen at new location at Çigli Municipality Astronomy Aviation and Space Campus
April 2023 last noted.

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