F-104G KE+459 Messerschmitt fest flight in 1964

F-104G, construction number 683D-7159, company model 683-10-19, built by Messerschmitt (MTT)
manufactured by South Group (ARGE-Süd); assembly start at Messerschmitt-Manching March 10, 1964
assembly in Fighterbomber version according contract lot 6; first flight May 27, 1964 coded KE+459
project "Yoga" as Fighterbomber (for MFG 1) with "AS.30" anti-ship missile delivery system, Sidewinder missile launch rails and long range tanks
camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order "TA-196"; acceptance date by BABwMTT October 6, 1964
VA+135 delivery date October 9, 1964 to MFG 1 at Schleswig-Jagel AB
22+77 JaboG 36 on June 14, 1967; MFG 1 on December 20, 1968; Navy camouflage scheme "Norm 76" according tech order "TA-196-3" in 1971; ErpSt 61 at Manching AB on April 28, 1980
withdrawn from use and stored in airworthy condition as attrition reserve aircraft on November 2, 1982 at LwSchleuse 11 with 2.468 flight hours (preservation according tech order "TA 1485")
struck off charge order (AVA) July 31, 1984; BDRT training airframe AG 52 at Leck AB on September 27,1984 with training aid code "C037"
beginning of 1990 coded as RF-104G "24+77" on pole at Leck AB (AG 52); coded "24+77" on pole in front of Wing operations building at Schleswig (Kropp) barracks 
(Kai Uwe von Hassel Kaserne/barracks of AG 51) with AG 51 marks by mid-1994; at Kropp with combined AG-51/AG-52 markings; taken down for restoration late 2001
recoded "22+44" with both AG 52 and AG 51 marks in March 2002; August 2026 noted.

Project "Yoga": 22 F-104G Fighterbomber for the 2nd squadron of MFG 1 at Schleswig-Jagel AB with built-in "AS.30" anti-ship missile delivery wiring system, later the number was increased to 28.

Aufklärungsgeschwader 51 "Immelmann" (AG 51 "I") renamed Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 51 "Immelmann" (TaktLwG 51 "I") on October 1, 2013.

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