TF-104G "4196", ex 66-13625, preserved at Conscription Park in Keelung Town, Taiwan 2022

TF-104G; construction number 583F-5936, company model 583-10-20, US serial number 66-13625, assembly by Lockheed
main parts manufactured by ARGE-Süd (fuselage) and VFW (wings); airlifted from Manching AB to Lockheed-Burbank on November 16, 1966; planned code KF+236 not used
for assembly and test flights at Palmdale coded with US serial number "13625"; accepted by BABwLockheed date unknown
 German property operated by the 4510th CCTW at Luke AFB, Arizona (German shadow serial number 2806, never used for registration) in USAF Silver-finish coded 13625
2.296 flight hours in May 1977; flown until end of operation at Luke AFB on March 16, 1983
1983 sold to USAF with 2.988 flight hours with "Phase III" lot; struck off charge order (AVA) July 19, 1983
MAP (Military Assistance Program) under project "Ali Shan No.8" to ROCAF for 499 TFW at CCK (Ching Chuan Kang) AB 1983 coded "4196"
July 19, 1983 delivered by sea container and arrived at 1st Depot at Pingtung South AB for reassembly and IRAN
in 1984 delivered to 41 TFS of 499 TFW at CCK (Ching Chuan Kang) AB coded "4196"; moved to Hsinchu AB in August 1986; engine caught fire on October 20, 1989 but landed safely
to 12 TRS in April 1998; stored May 8, 1998; leader of the last F-104 flight on May 22, 1998
in 2000 displayed at Conscription Park in Keelung, Taiwan with 12 TRS marks, blue serial number; August 21, 2012 with no code noted; July 2022 with blue serial number noted
April 2025 (very weathered) noted; disassembled on June 16, 2025 in Keelung and arrive at Taoyuan Base on June 20, 2025
for display in the hangar Nr.1 of the "05 Alert Area" of the Taoyuan Aerotropolis Museum (former Air Force Taoyuan Base), July 24, 2025 first noted.

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