TF-104G "20-1" 20°Gruppo Addestramento Operativo (OCU) Grosseto in June 1980

TF-104G, construction number 583D-5767, model 583-10-20, US serial number 63-12685, built by Lockheed
AMI serial number MM54226, delivered 1965, initially serialed MM12685
first flight 19.10.1964; delivery date AMI 25.2.1965; delivery date 20°Gruppo 26.2.1965 (the only one delivered in bare metal); 20-1 1966-9.8.1984; IRAN 31.5.1967-2.8.1968
IRAN 8.1.1971-3.8.1971; IRAN 18.12.1973-4.9.1974; IRAN 28.7.1977-30.4.1979;
IRAN 8.9.1982-26.7.1983; 4-23 3.5.1985-5.5.1993; IRAN 1.2.1988-18.5.1989; IRAN 5.5.1993-14.4.1997
respray in grey camouflage scheme; delivery date 20°Gruppo 14.4.1997, 4-23 10.8.1997-20.6.1998
converted TF-104G-M 11.2.1997-11.4.2000 by 4°RMV; 4-23 26.9.1999-25.2.2003; last flight 17.4.2003 to Grazzanise, withdrawn from use 01.7.2003
preserved as "20-1" as Gate Guardian at "Istituto di Scienze Militari Aeronautiche" (ISMA) of Florence 01.2008; May 2014 noted; May 2018 noted.
TF-104G coded "20-1" in first period NATO camouflage scheme with large white codes, with the 20 Squadron insignia on the tail; April 2025 noted.

43°47'11.29"N 11°12'54.16"E

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