F-104G "FX03" 10 Wing Belgian Air Force at RAF Waddington during Exercise "Elder Forest 1980" April 16, 1980

F-104G, construction number 683D-9018, model 683-10-19, built by SABCA
taken on service April 3, 1963 to 350 squadron of 1 Wing; March 27, 1975 fuel leak, aircraft uses barrier during the landing at Beauvechain, aircraft caught fire, the pilot was ok
June 9, 1977 lightning strike at Beauvechain, the pilot was ok; 1978 to 31 squadron of 10 Wing; storage at Koksijde November 3, 1981; withdrawn from use January 1987
sold to Radcomm Enterprise and struck of charge; July 1989 last noted stored at Koksijde
via USA delivered to ROCAF in November 1990 for spare part use only (no code), scrapped.

A number of Belgium aircraft have been delivered to the Taiwanese Air Force for spare-parts. All aircraft were former Belgium Air Force Starfighters supplied via the US
(due to political and MAP reasons) by Radcomm Inc.

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