F-104S ASA "9-41" 10°Gruppo of 9°Stormo "Francesco Baracca" about 1996

F-104S, construction number 783-1049, serial number MM6749, model 783, built by Aeritalia at Turin, Caselle
production line 24.9.1970 (CBO); delivery date AMI 8.6.1971; delivery date 156°Gruppo 21.6.1971, 36-35 07.1971-1973; IRAN 20.5.1974-31.12.1974
delivery date 12°Gruppo 9.1.1975; delivery date 156°Gruppo 4.2.1975, 36-32 25.10.1977-11.6.1979; IRAN 	11.6.1979-25.3.1980
delivery date 155°Gruppo 3.4.1980, 51-41 05.1980-25.1.1984; stored Istrana till 14.5.1986; IRAN + F-104S ASA conversion 14.5.1986-18.11.1987
delivery date 18°Gruppo 18.11.1987, 37-15 26.4.1988-24.3.1992; IRAN 24.3.1992-15.12.1993; delivery date 10°Gruppo 15.12.1993, 9-41 25.6.1994-28.3.1998
last flight 3.4.1998 with 3.726 flight hours; withdrawn from use 3.4.1998-27.10.2004 at Grazzanise AB
preserved in grey camouflage scheme at Istituto Tecnico Industriale Statale Galileo Galilei (Roma) coded as "9-59" May 2006 first noted, it carries the CFE plate of aircraft MM6759
as GIA September 2015 noted; June 2023 noted.

41°53'32.2"N 12°30'29.8"E

CBO=Caccia Bombardieri Ognitempo (All-Weather Fighterbomber)

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