F-104S ASA-M Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Italian Air Force)
Serial ASA-M delivery Status MM6704 12.12.2001 withdrawn from use coded 9-52
10°Gruppo; delivery date 10°Gruppo 12.12.2001; 9-52
9.6.2002 - 4.12.2002; 5-31 27.12.2002 - 01.2003; 9-52 02.2003-21.9.2004;
operational May 2004 last noted; withdrawn from use Grazzanise
20.10.2004 with 5.768 flight hours; storage Grazzanise AB CFE area 2004 - 2006; CFE date 28.06.2004; monument
display on poles at Cogazzo di Viadana (near a cemetery), Mantova district, in memory of a young pilot who died
in Texas in the year 2001; erected mid 2008; July 2, 2008 first noted with no code and markings; May 25, 2009 noted;
January 28, 2012 last noted MM6716 21.12.1998 withdrawn
from use coded 5-30 23°Gruppo; delivery date 18°Gruppo 21.12.1998,
37-27 01.1999 - 1.7.1999, delivery date 10°Gruppo 1.7.1999, 9-31
16.8.1999 - 4.1.2001, delivery date 20°Gruppo 4.1.2001, 4-50 5.3.2001 - 31.12.2001,
5-30 15.4.2002 - 10.10.2002, special yellow/black color scheme
23°Gruppo 14.12.2002, last flight 27.12.2002, withdrawn from use Cervia
7.1.2003 - 6.8.2004, CFE 20.3.2003, noted May 7.2003 for CFE cut up, restored
coded as '5-31' in December 2003, preserved Cella di Vanzi
September 19, 2004; May 7, 2011 last noted MM6717 23.07.1998 withdrawn from use coded 37-22;
delivery date 23°Gruppo 23.7.1998; 5-41 27.7.1998 - 18.6.2002;
37-22 11.3.2003 - 2.9.2003; withdrawn from use Grazzanise July
14, 2003; Grazzanise CFE stored July 17, 2005 last noted; coded
'9-41' preserved at Caserta (Scuola Sottufficiala) (carrying the CFE
plate of MM6771, CFE 30/01/07) in grey camouflage scheme August 24, 2008
first noted; June 15, 2010 last noted. It replaced F-104G MM6507 in
2007 which returned to Grazzanise MM6719 25.06.1998
withdrawn from use coded 5-35
23°Gruppo; delivery date 23°Gruppo 25.6.1998; 5-40 27.7.1998 - 30.4.1999;
delivery date 10°Gruppo 21.5.1999; 9-52 22.8.1999 - 20.9.2001;
delivery date 20°Gruppo 20.9.2001; 4-54 16.10.2001 - 4.4.2002;
delivery date 23°Gruppo 4.4.2002; 5-35 23.4.2002 - 01.2003; withdrawn
from use Grazzanise 28.4.2003 - 11.11.2003; Grazzanise CFE area 2003;
dump Cervia 23.3.2004 - 7.8.2004; preserved coded as '5-01/5-31' at Santa Sofia, August 2005 noted; the
F-104 is there to honor General Oscar Olivetti who was born in town; August 2008 last noted MM6720 17.11.1998 withdrawn
from use coded 9-51 10°Gruppo; delivery date 18°Gruppo 17.11.1998;
37-26 18.11.1998 - 26.6.1999; delivery date 10°Gruppo 11.6.1999;
9-51 30.8.1999 - 23.3.2004; withdrawn from use Grazzanise 10.5.2004 - 27.10.2004;
in storage at Grazzanise CFE area on July 17, 2006; May 25, 2007 last noted MM6722 21.12.1998 withdrawn from use coded 5-31
23°Gruppo; delivery date 18°Gruppo 21.12.1998; 37-30
30.3.1999 - 23.6.1999; delivery date 10°Gruppo 1.7.1999; 9-35
25.8.1999 - 27.1.2000; delivery date 23°Gruppo 27.1.2000; 5-31
23.2.2000 - 01.2003; on loan to RSV at Pratica di Mare 2.9.2002 - 3.2.2003;
withdrawn from use Grazzanise 28.4.2003-27.10.2004; preserved Lecce
coded as '9-10' with tail of MM6939 September 15, 2005; April 2011 last noted MM6731 05.11.1998 withdrawn
from use coded 37-03 ex 18°Gruppo late 2003; delivery date 18°Gruppo
5.11.1998; 37-03 18.2.1999 - 6.10.2003; operating from Grazzanise noted April
28.2003; delivery date 10°Gruppo 1.6.2003; withdrawn from use and
stored Grazzanise CFE area 11.11.2003; 10.10.2006 not noted, gone! MM6732 08.06.1999 withdrawn
from use coded 37-04 ex 18°Gruppo late 2003; grey camouflage scheme;
delivery date 18°Gruppo 8.6.1999; 37-04 7.7.1999 - 3.9.2003; operating
from Grosseto April 22.2003; withdrawn from use and stored Grazzanise
11.11.2003, 37-04 CFE compound Grazzanise AB May 2004; 04.06.2010 last noted MM6733 18.08.1999 withdrawn
from use coded 4-51 20°Gruppo; delivery date 10°Gruppo 18.8.1999; 9-33
13.9.1999 - 9.12.2001; delivery date 20°Gruppo 9.12.2001; 4-51
18.12.2001 - 3.5.2004; last flight to Grazzanise 5.5.2004; withdrawn from use
10.5.2004; 22.04.2005 CFE compound Grazzanise AB last noted; with no code on pole as gate guard
at Alenia at Torino-Caselle airport, June 9, 2008 first noted; it has the
nosecone mounted belonging to MM6912 and tail from MM6776; January 2010 last noted MM6734 18.02.1997 withdrawn
from use coded RS-06 RSV; grey camouflage scheme; delivery date 23°Gruppo
18.12.1997; 5-37 30.2.1998 - 4.10.2000; 4-11 21.8.2001; IRAN
7.2.2002 - 25.10.2002; last F-104 delivery from Alenia 25.10.2002; delivery
date 10°Gruppo 26.10.2002; 9-30 6.11.2002 - 31.10.2004; RS-06
30.5.2005 - 18.7.2005; last flight 07.2005; withdrawn from use July 27, 2005;
stored August 2, 2005; Pratica di Mare November, 2005 (fly worthy) noted; conserved inside a shelter
at Grazzanise June 16, 2010 last noted; N993SF STARFIGHTERS Inc, FL, USA 01.2012 FAA registration;
January 20, 2012 first noted at KSC, Florida MM6735 30.12.1997 withdrawn
from use coded 9-50 10°Gruppo; delivery date 23°Gruppo 30.12.1997;
5-35 01.1998 - 28.4.1999; delivery date 10°Gruppo 28.4.1999;
9-50 22.8.1999 - 16.12.2001; withdrawn from use Grazzanise 20.12.2001; at the Grazzanise CFE flightline
with CFE plate of MM6737; April 28, 2003 first noted; June 16, 2010 last noted MM6737 22.03.1999 withdrawn
from use coded 9-43 10°Gruppo; grey camouflage scheme; delivery
date 23°Gruppo 22.3.1999; 5-46 10.3.1999 - 10.10.2002; 9-43
withdrawn from use and stored Grazzanise AB 2.9.2003; CFE at Grazzanise
18.10.2004; 10.10.2005 last noted, stored at Cervia AB; coded
‘9-51’ preserved in Vairano Scalo at the ITIS Marconi, July 1, 2008 first noted.
It has CFE-plate from MM6879, June 16, 2010 last noted MM6739 24.05.1999 withdrawn
from use coded 9-33 10°Gruppo; grey camouflage scheme; delivery date
23°Gruppo 24.5.1999; 5-47 30.7.1999 - 14.11.2002; 4-6
12.12.2002 - 12.12.2003; coded 9-33 withdrawn from use at Grazzanise AB
24.2.2004; stored 27.10.2004 at Grazzanise AB CFE area noted; preserved as '6-154'
vertically, next to an MB326, near the administration buildings at the Centro
Operativo del Comando Operativo delle Forze Aeree (COFA) or Combined Air
Operations Center-5 of Allied Air Forces Southern Europe at Poggio Renatico,
Ferrara (Forli), 2009 last noted MM6740 05.01.1999 withdrawn
from use coded 5-40 23°Gruppo; grey camouflage scheme; delivery
date 18°Gruppo 5.1.1999; 37-31 18.2.1999 - 22.9.1999; 4-56
5.3.2001 - 27.6.2002; 5-40 11.7.2002 - 10.10.2002; withdrawn from
use Cervia 01.2003 - 7.5.2003; CFE dismantled 20.3.2003; restauration
at Grosseto 7.10.2003 - 1.6.2004 coded '4-1' right side, '4-23'
left side; preserved on pole at Zone Industriale Pellegrini, near
Grosseto, September 21, 2004; February 26, 2010 last noted MM6756 23.07.1998 withdrawn
from use coded 9-40 10°Gruppo; grey camouflage scheme; delivery
date 23°Gruppo 23.7.1998; 5-42 27.7.1998 - 20.5.2001; special color
scheme with yellow tail (Gruppo Cdr Fabrizio 2.000 hours F-104) on 23.4.2002;
10.10.2002 - 01.2003; 9-40 28.4.2003; withdrawn from use and stored
Grazzanise 4.6.2003; 21.9.2004 Grazzanise AB last noted; preserved Ceprano;
a private individual has the MM6756 9-40 preserved in his garden (cockpit
covered); July 1, 2008 first noted; aircraft looks worn and did not
receive a paint job before it was displayed; May 2009 last noted MM6759 18.12.1997 withdrawn
from use coded 37-20 18°Gruppo; grey camouflage scheme; delivery date
23°Gruppo 18.12.1997; 5-45 30.2.1998 - 27.7.1998;
delivery date 18°Gruppo 08.1998;
37-20 28.8.1998 - 23.9.2001; withdrawn from use 6.5.2002; dump Trapani
11.3.2003; Grazzanise AB CFE storage flightline
on July 17, 2006; CFE plate MM6749; June 4, 2010 last noted MM6762 03.10.1998 withdrawn
from use coded RS-06 331°Gruppo; grey camouflage scheme; delivery date
18°Gruppo 3.10.1998; 37-02 16.11.1998 - 23.5.2003; RS-02
331°Gruppo 27.5.2003 - 09.2003; RS-06 29.9.2003 - 31.5.2004; Pratica di
Mare AB “Raduno Mondiale F-104” May
30.2004; withdrawn from use Pratica July 18, 2005 exceeding airframe hours;
storage July 27, 2005 noted; CFE compound Grazzanise AB July 17, 2004; June 4, 2010 last noted MM6763 09.12.1999 withdrawn
from use coded 9-33 10°Gruppo; delivery date 20°Gruppo 9.12.1999;
4-57 25.1.2000 - 21.5.2002; delivery date 10°Gruppo 21.5.2002;
9-33 2.9.2002 - 22.3.2004; withdrawn from use 10.5.2004; stored
23.4.2005 at Grazzanise AB CFE area noted; April 7, 2009 last noted, preserved at the gate at Foligno in OMA
Spa company May 25, 2009 first noted MM6764 19.07.1999 withdrawn
from use coded 37-11 18°Gruppo; delivery date 10°Gruppo 19.7.1999; 9-39
13.9.1999 - 20.5.2002; delivery date 18°Gruppo 20.5.2002; 37-11
23.8.2002 - 4.6.2003; withdrawn from use Grazzanise 2.9.2003; stored at
Grazzanise CFE area 10.10.2005 noted; June 2011 last noted MM6767 12.11.1998 withdrawn
from use coded 9-37 10°Gruppo; grey camouflage scheme; delivery
date 18°Gruppo 12.11.1998; 37-05 16.11.1998 - 4.6.2003; 9-37
24.6.2003-12.2003; withdrawn from use at Grazzanise AB 23.3.2004; stored
10.10.2005 noted; preserved at Aviation Museum in Cerbaiola
(RN), near Rimini, in August 2008 without markings; in 2009 it got "MM6767"
added on its tail; April 2011 last noted MM6770 31.12.1998 withdrawn
from use coded 9-35 10°Gruppo; delivery date 23°Gruppo 31.12.1998; 5-31
01.1999 - 27.1.2000; delivery date 10°Gruppo 27.1.2000; 9-35
17.03.2000 - 3.9.2003; withdrawn from use Grazzanise 1.10.2003; stored at
Grazzanise CFE area April 23, 2005 noted; April 7, 2009 last noted, no further information MM6771 16.11.1999 withdrawn
from use coded 4-5 9°Gruppo; grey camouflage scheme; delivery
date 23°Gruppo 16.11.1999; 5-35 23.2.2000 - 22.8.2002; 4-5
30.10.2002 - 12.12.2003; withdrawn from use Grazzanise 24.2.2004; stored
Grazzanise AB CFE area 10.10.2005 noted, CFE area January 30, 2007 last noted;
coded as '9-41' preserved at the Centro Addestramento Sperimentale
in Sabaudia, (LT) with CFE plate of aircraft MM6881; in grey camouflage
scheme August 24, 2008 first noted; May 27, 2009 noted; June 16, 2010 last noted MM6772 23.12.1998 withdrawn
from use coded 9-45; grey camouflage scheme; delivery date 18°Gruppo 23.12.1998; 37-11
15.2.1999 - 15.4.2002; 5-32 18.5.2002 - 01.2003; 9-45 02.2003,
withdrawn from use Grazzanise 28.4.2003; stored at Grazzanise 27.10.2004 last noted;
preserved at Supino (FR), coded '9-51' November 16, 2005 first noted; August 13, 2010 last noted MM6775 18.11.1999 37-10
written off, grey camouflage scheme; delivery date 18°Gruppo 18.11.1999; 37-10
10.12.1999 - 5.10.2000; crashed Castelvetrano October 5, 2000 MM6776 18.08.1999 withdrawn
from use coded 9-46 10°Gruppo; delivery date 10°Gruppo 18.8.1999; 9-46
13.9.1999 - 1.10.2003; 4-46 7.10.2003 - 21.10.2003; 9-46
11.11.2003 - 23.3.2004; 9-46 Pratica di Mare May 30, 2004 with white/green
checkered rudder of 37 Stormo; withdrawn from use coded 9-46 at Grazzanise
10.5.2004; stored Grazzanise AB CFE area July 17, 2006 last noted MM6778 18.10.1999 9-40 written off; delivery date
10°Gruppo 18.10.1999; 9-40 11.1999 - 05.2002; written off after landing
at Leeuwarden AB 2.5.2002; parts stored at Leeuwarden AFB;
taken out by road June 11.2002, last noted MM6787 21.06.1999 withdrawn
from use coded 9-38 10°Gruppo; delivery date 10°Gruppo 21.6.1999; 9-32
17.9.1999 - 19.1.2002; delivery date 23°Gruppo 19.1.2002; 5-30 9.5.2002 - 12.3.2003;
9-38 2.9.2003 - 11.11.2003; withdrawn from use 23.3.2004; stored
Grazzanise AB CFE area June 4, 2010 last noted MM6838 09.12.1999 withdrawn
from use coded 4-58 20°Gruppo; grey camouflage scheme; delivery date 20°Gruppo 9.12.1999; 4-58
21.1.2000 - 18.03.2004; last flight to Grazzanise 18.3.2004; withdrawn from use
20.3.2004; stored July 17, 2006 last noted MM6848 18.12.1997 withdrawn
from use coded 4-52 20°Gruppo; delivery date 23°Gruppo 18.12.1997;
5-46 30.2.1998 - 12.1.1999; delivery date 10°Gruppo 12.1.1999;
9-46 02.1999 - 6.9.2000; on loan to RSV from 12.8.1999; 4-52
12.3.2001 - 9.5.2002; withdrawn from use Grosseto 05.2002 - 04.2003;
CFE Cervia 07.2003; storage 19.3.2004; Cervia cut-up 12.7.2005 last
noted; displayed on pole 'Università di Modena, October 8, 2008
first noted; June 8, 2011 last noted MM6849 01.10.1998 withdrawn
from use coded 4-10 9°Gruppo; grey camouflage scheme; delivery date
23°Gruppo 1.10.1998; 5-32 31.7.1999 - 16.5.2002; 4-10
19.6.2002 - 9.10.2003, withdrawn from use 20.10.2003 - 12.12.2003,
stored Grazzanise AB CFE area (nose of MM6761) 23.3.2004; April 7, 2009 last noted MM6850 11.07.2000 withdrawn
from use coded 4-16 9°Gruppo; grey camouflage scheme; delivery date
18°Gruppo 11.7.2000; 37-24 08.2000 - 15.4.2002; 5-41
12.2002 - 01.2003; uncoded 18°Gruppo 12.3.2003; 37-24
26.4.2003 - 10.5.2004; 4-16 26.5.2004 - 31.10.2004;
last operational flight October 31.2004;
stored Grazzanise AB CFE area 23.4.2005; June 4, 2010 last noted MM6870 29.03.1999 withdrawn
from use coded 5-45 23°Gruppo; grey camouflage scheme; delivery
date 23°Gruppo 29.3.1999; 5-45 29.4.1999 - 11.10.2001; damaged
Cervia 12.2001; repaired and again in service 03.2002 - 27.12.02; on
loan 10°Gruppo 7.10.2002 - 31.10.2002; last flight 27.12.2002; withdrawn
from use Cervia 13.1.2003 - 7.5.2003; stored Rimini for transfer 06.2003 MM6872 17.06.1999 withdrawn
from use coded 37-23 18°Gruppo; grey camouflage scheme; delivery date
18°Gruppo 17.6.1999; 37-23 30.6.1999 - 12.5.2003; withdrawn from use
Grazzanise 4.6.2003; stored 23.4.2005 last noted MM6873 08.01.2002 withdrawn
from use coded 4-9 9°Gruppo; grey camouflage scheme; delivery date
9°Gruppo 8.1.2002; 4-7 8.1.2002 - 20.10.2003; 4° RMV October 8.2003; 4-9
special black color scheme 3.12.2003 - 14.10.2004; Pratica di Mare AB “Raduno Mondiale F-104” May 30.2004;
last flight to Grazzanise 14.10.2004; withdrawn from use 15.10.2004; stored
10.10.2005 noted; preserved at Grosseto AB in the area of
9°Gruppo, March 2008 first noted, erected April 1, 2008; July 2011 last noted MM6876 18.12.1997 withdrawn
from use coded RS-05 311°Gruppo; grey camouflage scheme; delivery
date 23°Gruppo 18.12.1997; 5-47 30.2.1998-12.8.1998; 37-21
16.11.1998 - 10.12.1999; IRAN 04.2002 - 1.9.2002; delivery date 18°Gruppo
5.9.2002; 37-27 16.9.2002; uncoded 18°Gruppo 12.3.2003;
37-27 04.2003 - 17.7.2003; 9-39 22.8.2003 - 31.10.2004;
Pratica di Mare AB “Raduno Mondiale F-104” May 30.2004;
last operational flight October 31.2004;
delivery date 311°Gruppo 28.4.2005, RS-05 30.5.2005 - 18.7.2005;
last flight July 27, 2005; withdrawn from use July 27, 2005;
stored August 2; 2005, RS-05 storage Pratica di Mare
AB November 2005 (fly worthy) last noted; preserved Polish Aviation
Museum Kracow, does not wear any serial number; November 20, 2008
first noted; August 2010 last noted MM6880 30.12.1997 withdrawn
from use coded 5-36 23°Gruppo; grey camouflage scheme; delivery date 23°Gruppo 30.12.1997; 5-36
28.2.1998 - 03.2002; withdrawn from use Cervia 23.4.2002 - 13.1.2003; CFE date
26.7.2002; 5-36 gate guard on pole at Cervia with 4 tanks 15.9.2003; September 2010 last noted MM6881 21.12.1999 withdrawn
from use coded 4-59 20°Gruppo; grey camouflage scheme; delivery date
23°Gruppo 21.12.1999; 5-44 30.12.1999 - 16.5.2002; 4-59 22.8.2002 - 12.2003;
stored 22.3.2004 - 7.4.2004; operational Pratica di Mare AB
"Raduno Mondiale F-104" May 30.2004; withdrawn from use Grazzanise
15.9.2004; stored Grazzanise CFE area October 10, 2005; June 2011 last noted MM6887 18.06.1998 withdrawn
from use coded 5-33 23°Gruppo; grey camouflage scheme; delivery
date 23°Gruppo 18.6.1998; 5-33 27.7.1998 - 4.10.2002; last flight
4.10.2002; withdrawn from use Cervia 4.10.2002 - 13.1.2003; on pole
as '5-33/9-15' at Decimomannu AB, Sardegna on June 27, 2003;
1st ASA-M displayed; August 22, 2011 last noted MM6890 22.09.2000 withdrawn
from use as 4-50 20°Gruppo; grey camouflage scheme;
delivery date 18°Gruppo 22.9.2000; 37-25 9.5.2001 - 10.2.2003;
4-50 17.7.2003 - 31.10.2004; Pratica di Mare AB “Raduno Mondiale F-104” May 30.2004;
last operational flight October 31, 2004; stored Grazzanise 23.4.2005; 10.10.2005 last noted MM6912 14.12.2000 withdrawn
from use coded 4-21 10°Gruppo; delivery date 10°Gruppo 14.12.2000; 9-42
20.8.2001 - 27.7.2004; Pratica di Mare AB “Raduno Mondiale F-104” May 30, 2004; 4-21
5.8.2004 - 27.10.2004; withdrawn from use October 31, 2004; CFE cut up February 14, 2007;
with no code displayed at ITIS (Istituto Tecnico Industriale Statale),
Ferentino; September 25, 2008 inauguration; grey camouflage scheme;
February 8, 2010 last noted MM6914 25.05.1999 withdrawn
from use coded 4-1 9°Gruppo; grey camouflage scheme; delivery
date 18°Gruppo 25.5.1999; 37-01 30.6.1999 - 22.8.2002; 4-1
28.11.2002 - 3.9.2003; withdrawn from use Grazzanise 29.9.2003; stored
in CFE compound at Grazzanise AB May 2004; preserved fire brigade Grazzanise
10.5.2004; 27.10.2004 last noted; coded '51-22' display at Aeroporto
"Arturo Ferrarin" (LIDH) at Thiene May 12, 2007; uncoded
May 23, 2008 first noted; July 4, 2011 last noted MM6923 12.10.1999 withdrawn from use coded
4-2 9°Gruppo; delivery date 10°Gruppo 12.10.1999; 9-30
04.2000 - 25.3.2002; delivery date 9°Gruppo 25.3.2002; 4-2 26.3.2002 - 25.6.2004;
Pratica di Mare AB “Raduno Mondiale F-104” May 30.2004; last flight to Grazzanise 25.6.04; withdrawn from use 29.6.2004; stored
Grazzanise AB 10.10.2005 last noted; Grosseto civil Airport, preserved
in civil area of the airport, inside the aero club; in a light grey
camouflage scheme, April 17, 2008 first noted; April 2010 last noted MM6925 20.05.2000 withdrawn from use coded
37-15 18°Gruppo; grey camouflage scheme; delivery date 18°Gruppo
20.5.2000; 37-15 27.6.2000 - 28.4.2003; last flight 28.4.2003 with 3.988
flight hours; withdrawn from use Grazzanise 29.4.2003;
storage Grazzanise CFE compound 23.4.2005 last noted; CFE date January 16,
2004; coded as 'RS25' preserved at Velletri, near Rome, on Piazzale Palmiro Togliatti, in Quatiere Zona 167;
June 10, 2007 first noted; July 1, 2008 last noted MM6926 20.04.2000 withdrawn
from use coded 4-12 9°Gruppo; grey camouflage scheme; delivery date 18°Gruppo
20.4.2000; 37-12 28.8.2000 - 19.5.2002; delivery date 9°Gruppo 22.4.2002;
4-12 3.6.2002 - 25.10.2004; last flight to Grazzanise 25.10.2004 with 4.422 flight hours;
withdrawn from use 26.10.2004, stored 27.10.2004 first noted;
storage Grazzanise CFE compound 25.4.2008 last noted; no further information MM6929 19.07.1999 4-4 9°Gruppo written off;
delivery date 10°Gruppo 19.7.1999; 9-43 22.8.1999 - 20.2.2002; delivery
date 9°Gruppo 20.2.2002, 4-4 1.3.2002 - 4.3.2002, written off near
Castiglione (GR) 4.3.2002 with 3.833 flight hours MM6930 15.09.2000 withdrawn from use coded as 9-99 10°Gruppo; grey camouflage scheme; delivery date 10°Gruppo 15.9.2000;
9-53 25.9.2000 - 2.9.2003; 9-99 “Ducati” special red/white color scheme
10°Gruppo 19.9.2003 - 31.10.2004, Pratica di Mare AB “Raduno Mondiale F-104” May 30.2004;
last operational flight October 31.2004 at Grazzanise with 4.024 flight hours; stored
Grazzanise 23.4.2005; 17.7.2006 stored in shelter noted; July 4, 2011 last noted MM6932 14.12.1999 withdrawn from use coded as 4-20 9°Gruppo; grey camouflage scheme;
delivery date 23°Gruppo 14.12.1999; 5-40 30.12.1999 - 16.5.2002;
delivery date 9°Gruppo 30.5.2002; 4-54 1.6.2002 - 22.8.2002; delivery date 20°Gruppo 30.7.2002;
4-20 17.7.2003 - 13.7.2004; Pratica di Mare AB “Raduno Mondiale F-104” May 30.2004; last
flight to Grazzanise 26.8.2004 with 4.127 flight hours;
withdrawn from use Grazzanise 29.8.2004; stored 10.10.2005 last noted, no further information MM6934 23.11.2001 withdrawn
from use as 9-31 10°Gruppo; delivery date 10°Gruppo 23.11.2001;
9-31 12.2001 - 31.10.2004; Pratica di Mare AB “Raduno Mondiale F-104” May 30.2004;
last operational flight October 31.2004 at Grazzanise with 3.836 flight hours; stored Grazzanise
CFE area 11.2004, 07.4.2009 last noted, no further information MM6935 11.12.1997 withdrawn
from use coded 9-32 10°Gruppo; first "M" update; grey
camouflage scheme; delivery date 23°Gruppo 11.12.1997; 5-30
30.2.1998 - 18.5.2000, special yellow/black color scheme 23°Gruppo
15.10.2000 - 14.11.2000; IRAN 14.11.2000 - 15.7.2002; delivery date 10°Gruppo
19.7.2002, 9-32 2.9.2002 - 29.10.2004, Pratica di Mare AB “Raduno Mondiale F-104” May 30.2004;
withdrawn from use and stored 11.2004 with 3.721 flight hours;
at Grazzanise June 9, 2006 last noted; preserved without code in Aero
Club Francesco Baracca at Lugo di Romagna May 7, 2009 first noted; April 13, 2011 last noted MM6936 13.11.2000 withdrawn
from use coded 9-41 10°Gruppo; grey camouflage scheme; delivery date 10°Gruppo 13.11.2000; 9-41
12.1.2001 - 30.5.2004; on loan uncoded 20°Gruppo 09.7.2004 - 22.10.2004; last flight to
Grazzanise 22.10.2004 with 3.928 flight hours; withdrawn from use 25.10.2004, restored as
'9-10' 07.07.2006 last noted; preserved at an unknown location MM6938 18.08.1998 5-43 of 23°Gruppo written off,
grey camouflage scheme; delivery date 23°Gruppo 12.8.1998; 5-43
26.8.1998, written off Favignana (TP) on January 18, 1999 with 2.669 flight
hours (tail at Bentivoglio scrapyard 07.2003 - 9.8.2004 last noted MM6939 02.04.1998 withdrawn
from use coded 4-52; grey camouflage scheme; delivery date 23°Gruppo
2.4.1998; 5-31 1.5.1998 - 30.9.1998; delivery date 18°Gruppo 14.10.1998; 37-22 16.11.1998 - 16.5.2002;
delivery date 20°Gruppo 15.5.2002; 4-52 25.6.2002 - 26.7.2002; last flight 17.7.2002 with 3.640 flight hours;
withdrawn from use stored Grosseto 17.7.2003 - 10.8.2004; Cervia for CFE; Grazzanise dump 21.9.2004 with tail of
MM6722; 17.6.2006 last noted; restored 12.2007; preserved Museo Storico Piana delle Omme, at Borgo-Faiti, (LT) (about
60 Km south of Rom), ceremony on March 15, 2008; August 2008 noted; August 13, 2010 last noted MM6940 04.02.2002 withdrawn
from use coded 9-50 10°Gruppo; last F-104S ASA-M conversion;
grey camouflage scheme; delivery date 10°Gruppo 4.2.2002; 9-50
18.4.2002 - 26.10.2004, last flight to Cervia 26.10.2004, preserved Cervia
coded as '5-31' left side and '9-50' right side April 6, 2005; noted
July 12, 2005; owned by Mr Roberto Chianese; August 2005 last noted;
coded as '5-30' (23 Gruppo) in old camouflage scheme prepared
at Cervia AB, June 20, 2008 first noted; June 16, 2011 at Cervia AB
last noted; N994SF STARFIGHTERS Inc, FL, USA 01.2012 FAA registration; January
20, 2012 first noted at KSC, Florida MM6944 02.10.1998 37-24 of 18°Gruppo written off;
grey camouflage scheme; delivery date 18°Gruppo 2.10.1998; 37-24 lost
over sea near Marettimo island (TP) on 4.11.1998 with 2.213 fight hours. MM6945 26.03.1998 withdrawn
from use coded RS-06 311°Gruppo; 1st ASA-M prototype; first flight
31.7.1995; grey camouflage scheme; delivery date 311°Gruppo 26.3.1998 code
"CMX611" replacing the "MM6945" on the tail; RS-06
26.3.1998 - 23.6.2001; last flight in July 2001; withdrawn from use with 1.125
flight hours and stored Pratica di Mare in July 2001; May 28, 2008 last noted
In total 246 F-104S were
built, including 40 aircraft for the Turkish Air Force, and one aircraft that crashed before delivery
(MM6766 on October 1, 1971)
Of the 205 F-104S for the AMI, 143 aircraft were converted to F-104S ASA.
Of these, 55 were modified to F-104S ASA-M.
Please note that the “codes” mentioned only refer to codes used during the F-104S ASA-M time, that is
after the delivery from Alenia.
44°56'10.21"N 10°30'13.25"E
43°59'40.15"N 12°30'42.81"E
37-10 18° Gruppo crashed October 5, 2000 at 14:42 hours near Castelvetrano, some 20
kilometers east of Mazara del Vallo. The Starfighter was part of a four ship
formation flying from Trápani, when the engine flamed out. Tenente Colonello
Francesco Tinagli ejected safely, one person on the ground was killed by debris
‘51-07/51-03‘ preserved at
Verona-Erbe April 14, 2007 first noted; ’51-03 rh/51-07 lh‘; F-104 is a
tribute of the local Ferrari Club for the rides between Gilles Villeneuve's
Ferrari and 51° Stormo Starfighter. Now it carries this false 51-07 code on
this side and the 51-03 on the other side; August 2008 last noted
9-40 10°Gruppo crashed on the runway of Leeuwarden airbase in the
Netherlands on May 2, 2002. Because of bad visibility (low cloud and
some light rain) and the fact that no detailed information on height
could be given by the base, the pilot flew the approach too high and
landed with high sinkrate. Pilot Tenente Andrea Franceschinis (29)
luckily survived, but was badly injured
no code pres Bevilaqua airfield Aero Club April 14, 2008 first noted;
May 23, 2008 last noted
44°37'46.12"N 10°56'57.68"E
displayed coded 5-45 in “Slovenes Technique Muzeum” at Kosice [Barcia],
Slovakia (KSC), display in hangar in Muzeum Kosice May 2003; June
5, 2008 noted; August 13, 2011 last noted
preserved on a pole near the Alpine Veterans House in Verona-Bovolone,
Parco del Menago (VR), with 9 Stormo 10 Gruppo markings but no serial,
April 14, 2007 first noted; April 24, 2008 last noted
39°20'31.99"N 8°57'1.71"E
‘9-51’ preserved Museu Aerospacial (MUSAL), Campo dos Afonsos, Brasil; noted December 2007;
April 17, 2008 last noted
http://www.musal.aer.mil.br/
41°41'23.95"N 13°15'42.67"E
4-4 9°Gruppo was lost on March 4, 2002. Pilot Capitano Marco Bertoli reported an on-board fire after take
off from Grosseto AB and had to abandon his aircraft, crashed into the hills between Buriano and Vetulónia
On 25.3.2004 did the world F-104 single flight hours record with 2.50 hours
without air refueling
crashed January 18, 1999, the aircraft came down 13 kilometers from the cost
between Marsala and Favignana. After take-off from Trápani-Birgi, the main
landing gear failed to retract (main Landing Gear structure collapsed) and Maggiore Fabrizio Majerna was forced to eject
37-24 of 18° Gruppo crashed November 4, 1998. The Starfighter came down 5 km
from Trapani near the island of Maréttimo. Flying with three other F-104s from
Trápani, the engine of MM6944 lost power and pilot Maggiore Giuseppe Fumo had
no other option than to eject
(CMX611)
update: @ January 28, 2012
References: Bert Oostmeijer, Zipper magazines, Harry Prins, Ivan Turniano
Given information is based on best available references, any proven correction is welcome!
MM number of the aircraft last operational flight October 31, 2004
MM6850 4-16, MM6876 9-39, MM6890 4-50, MM6930 9-99, MM6934 9-31