F-104S "53-06" "Tiger Meet 88" 21°Gruppo of 53°Stormo Cameri 1988

aircraft with black fuselage and a "tiger skin" painted on, culminating in a "tiger-head" just after the cockpit
Lower surfaces are Ivory and on wing tips fuel tank is painted in red "Tiger Meet 88", while on the tail is showed the Stormo badge, the "Ace of Sword"

F-104S, construction number 783-1125, serial number MM6825, model 783, built by Aeritalia
built by Aeritalia; delivery date AMI 26.10.1973; delivery date 10°Gruppo CIO of 9°Stormo Grazzanise AB 27.10.1973
9-42 9.11.1973-16.2.1977; IRAN 16.12.1977-15.2.1979; delivery date 21°Gruppo CIO of 53°Stormo "Guglielmo Chiarini"; Cameri AB 15.2.1979, 53-20 23.4.1979-14.9.1983; IRAN 14.9.1983-1.6.1984
delivery date 21°Gruppo 6.6.1984, 53-06 18.8.1984-10.3.1988, on loan 22°Gruppo 10.3.1988-1.4.1988
53-06 "Tiger" at Cameri 1988 for the Tiger Meet 1988, special tiger colours 7.7.1988; 53-05 16.7.1988-30.9.1988
IRAN + F-104S.ASA conversion by Aeritalia 30.9.1988-7.3.1990; delivery date XII Gruppo CIO 36°Stormo 14.3.1990
36-11 24.3.1990-15.7.1994; IRAN 15.7.1994-10.7.1996; grey camouflage scheme; delivery date 18°Gruppo of 37°Stormo "Cesare Toschi" Trapani AB 19.7.1996, 37-10 5.8.1997-15.5.2000
37-10 at Leuchars St. Andrews Battle of Britain Airshow September 12, 1997; delivery date 9°Gruppo of 4°Stormo Grosseto AB 22.4.2000, 4-21 6.9.2000-10.11.2000
withdrawn from use Grosseto with 4.180 flight hours 30.11.2000; dump CFE 4 Reparto Manutenzione Velivoli (RMV) without wings with tail of MM6805 8.12.2000
stored Grazzanise AB April 2009 last noted; scrapped.

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