F-104J "517" (serial number 36-8517) 202 Hikotai of 5 Wing at Nyutabaru AB 1978 F-104J, construction number 683B-3017, model 683-07-14, JASDF serial number 36-8517, built by Lockheed, reassembled by MitsubishiMitsubishi Heavy Industries reassembled from supplied knock-down kits by Lockheed; delivery date to Air Self-Defense Force March 27, 1963 as 26-8517 first assigned to 201 Hikotai of 2 Wing; 1968 assigned to 202 Hikotai of 5 Kokudan; after several IRAN, always returned to 202 Hikotai ACM meet in autumn 1981 with 204 Hikotai in light blue grey color scheme; July 5, 1982 withdrawn from use and ferried to 2nd Supply Depot October 1983 confirmed at Gifu AB air show; scrapped. copyright © Grondstein archive
