TF-104G "4195" ROCAF with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the underwing pylons

TF-104G, construction number 583F-5933, model 583-10-20, US serial number 66-13622, built by Lockheed
manufactured by Lockheed (ARGE-USA) and Messerschmitt (ARGE-Süd) and VFW
main parts manufactured by ARGE-Süd; airlifted from Frankfurt AB to Lockheed on October 21, 1966
assembly test flights coded "13622" at Palmdale (planned code KF+233 was not used)
operated in USAF Silver-finish colors May 31, 1967 at the 4510th TFTW at Luke AFB
(German shadow serial number 2803) coded 13622
2.299 flight hours in May 1977; flown until end of operation at Luke AFB on March 16, 1983
struck off charge order (AVA) July 19, 1983; 1983 sold to USAF with "Phase III" lot
MAP to ROCAF with 2.988 flight hours in 1983 under project "Ali Shan No.8"
coded "4195" operated by the 41 TFS of 2 Wing; withdrawn from use 1996
instructional airframe at the China Institute of Technology in Hengshan town, Hsinchu with no markings,
special color scheme; February 12, 2001 noted repainted
November 2010 first noted "under cover" in a big hangar; April 2023 noted.

24°42'53.56"N 121°6'48.99"E

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