F-104G BF+010 in bare metal with TSLw 1 at Kaufbeuren AB 1961

F-104G, construction number 683-2006, company model 683-10-19, built by Lockheed
manufactured by Group USA (ARGE-USA); assembly in Fighterbomber version according contract lot 1; first flight 1960 at Lockheed-Palmdale
flight tests flown with register number "106"; to "Joint Test Force" at Palmdale AP for "Category I" basic system tests
airlifted with C-124 on April 28, 1961 with 37 flight hours to Kaufbeuren AB; accepted on May 4, 1961 by BABwMTT in Silver-finish colors; project "Balance" (upgrading) was not implemented
coded BF+010 for Technische Schule der Luftwaffe 1 (TSLw 1) at Kaufbeuren AB on May 4, 1961 as instructional airframe (GIA) until October 16, 1985
20+06 withdrawn from use on October 16, 1985; struck off charge order (AVA) October 16, 1985; used for fire fighting training at Kaufbeuren AB, tail of construction number 9043
July 2005 airlifted to Erding for restoration; May 21, 2006 noted at Erding AB; preserved School Headquarters in Kaufbeuren barracks September 5, 2006; September 2009 noted
June 26, 2010 displayed in front of TSLw 1 School Headquarters in Kaufbeuren barracks (Stabsgebäude der TSLw 1); September 2017 last noted
under restoration in June 2020; back on display on September 22, 2021; September 2023 last noted.

December 2013 TSLw 1 and TSLw 3 in Fassberg merged to Technisches Ausbildungszentrum Luftwaffe (TAusbZLw) at Fassberg.
Kaufbeuren is as of January 1, 2014 Abteilung Süd des TAusbZLw (section South of TAusbZLw)

Aircraft never flew in Germany and did not have a camouflage scheme!

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