F-104S taxi back after the last operational flight, as 9.99 performs a go around October 30, 2004

In early 2005, five aircraft were occasionally utilized by test pilots from the 311° Gruppo at Pratica di Mare as chase planes during missions focused on evaluating other weapon systems
three F-104S ASA-M (MM6762/RS-06; MM6876/RS-05; and MM6734/9-30 RS-06) and two TF-104G-M (the previously mentioned MM54251 and 54260, designated RS-09 and RS-08, respectively).

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