F-104G 23+79 JG 74 over the Pyrenees

F-104G, construction number 683D-8079, company model 683-10-19, built by Fokker
manufactured by North Group (ARGE-Nord); first flight July 9, 1963 coded KG+179 at Fokker-Schiphol
project "Roland" (for JG 71) in AWX (All Weather Fighter) version with "Wing Pylon Bomb Provision" modification
acceptance date August 23, 1963 by BABwFokker (RNAF-MTA); LVR 3 (Luftwaffenversorgungsregiment 3) at Manching AB on August 29, 1963 for modifications and storage
camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order "TA-196" at Messerschmitt on January 31, 1964
WaSLw 10 at Jever AB delivery date on April 9, 1964 (planned codes BB+248 and BB+258 were not used); to Messerschmitt for upgrading September 29, 1964
JD+255 acceptance date September 29, 1964 by BABwMTT; JG 74 at Neuburg AB delivery date on June 2, 1965
JG 71 at Wittmund AB on July 15, 1965 (codes JA+254 and JA+255 were planned but not used)
23+79 SABCA for IRAN on March 24, 1972, back to JG 74 on August 17, 1972
withdrawn from use with 1.418 flight hours at LVR 1 at Erding AB for spare part use (ETG:Ersatzteilgewinnung) August 23, 1974
struck off charge order (AVA) December 17, 1973; December 7, 1978 scrapped at Erding AB by MatDep 11.

Project "Roland": 21 AWX (All Weather Fighter) aircrafts were modified by Fokker intended for JG 71 (FW 71), but remained at the LVR 3 in Manching until 1964.

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