F-104S "36-14" (MM6771) 12°Gruppo of 36°Stormo at RAF Lakenheath in November 1978

F-104S, construction number 783-1071, serial number MM6771, model 783, built by Aeritalia
built by Aeritalia; 53-05 4.11.1972-28.8.1975 21 Gruppo CIO 53 Stormo; 36-14 01.1978-20.11.1978 XII Gruppo CIO 36 Stormo "Riccardo H. Seidl"
5-46 05.1982-09.1983 23 Gruppo CIO 5 Stormo Caccia "Giuseppe Cenni"; 5-36 10.4.1984-04.1986 23 Gruppo CIO 5 Stormo Caccia "Giuseppe Cenni"
04.1988 converted to F-104S ASA by Aeritalia at Caselle, Torino AP; 4-16 20.2.1989-15.4.1992 IX Gruppo CIO 4 Stormo "Amedeo d'Aosta"
IRAN 27.5.1994; delivery date 23°Gruppo 1.6.1994, 5-31 29.7.1994-18.2.1998), 5-31 Fairford 1.8.1994 
delivery date 22°Gruppo 18.2.1998, 51-10 03.1998-27.5.1998, shark mouth at Istrana 19.April 1998; Alenia for IRAN + F-104S ASA-M conversion 27.5.1998-16.11.1999
grey camouflage scheme; delivery date 23°Gruppo 16.11.1999; 5-35 23 Gruppo 23.2.2000-22.8.2002, special yellow tail marks 2001
4-5 30.1.2002-12.12.2003 IX Gruppo CIO 4 Stormo "Amedeo d'Aosta" at Grosseto AB; 4-5 24.2.2004 withdrawn from use IX Gruppo 4 Stormo Grosseto AB
4-5 stored Grazzanise AB May 2004 last noted
"9-41" grey camo scheme, preserved at the Comando Artiglieria Controaerei (Anti-aircraft artillery Command), formerly Centro Addestramento Sperimentale, in Sabaudia (LT), 
20 km SE of Latina with CFE plate of aircraft MM6881 June 16, 2010 noted; August 2019 noted; July 2025 noted.

41°18'36.38"N 13° 1'16.49"E

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