F-104G 21+69 JaboG 34 zooming up in formation

F-104G, construction number 683D-7038, company model 683-10-19, built by Messerschmitt (MTT)
manufactured by South Group (ARGE-Süd); assembly by Messerschmitt-Manching with parts from Lockheed starting July 5, 1962
assembly in Fighterbomber version according contract lot 1; first flight November 9, 1962
project "Replace" with modification as Fighterbomber (for JaboG 31) with Vulcan M61 20 mm machine gun installed and long range tanks as loose parts
acceptance date April 23, 1963 by BABwMTT coded KE+338
DA+249 JaboG 31 at Norvenich AB delivery date on April 23, 1963; SABCA for IRAN June 23, 1965 with 281 flight hours and system upgrading to higher modification level 2130
camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order "TA-196" in 1966
DD+119 JaboG 34 at Memmingen AB on March 1, 1966 with 286 flight hours
21+69 SABCA for IRAN November 26, 1968; JaboG 34 with 869 flight hours; operated with flightdate and crash recorder LEADS 200 according tech order "TA-1411"
EL-70/EL-73 Electronic Counter Measure (ECM) system was installed in the weapon system in the late 70s with tech order "TA-FL1191"
withdrawn from use at Memmingen AB with JaboG 34 on September 22, 1986; struck off charge order (AVA) September 4, 1986
instructional airframe (GIA) with training aid code "C013" at Memmingen in the apprentice shop with JaboG 34 marks September 22, 1986
with CH-53 helicopter airlifted to Kaufbeuren AB on March 13, 2003 for the "Ausbildungswerkstatt der Luftwaffe Kaufbeuren"
June 7, 2008 noted; August 30, 2010 (inside Halle 116) noted; September 2016 last noted
at Norvenich AB as GIA for the apprentice shop (Lehrlingswerkstatt) on July 24, 2017 first noted, December 2023 last noted.

Project "Replace": 21 aircrafts (partly with and partly without test flights) were stored with a long-term preservation for the purpose of a later upgrade and transfer to the BABwMTT for storage at Manching AB.
19 aircraft were later upgraded when enough retrofit kits were available

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