|
The fate of the German Starfighter |
||||||
|
||||||
| F-104F | F-104G |
TF-104G |
Total |
|||
| Greece (Defense Assistance) | 58 |
23 |
81 |
[1] |
||
| Turkey (Defense Assistance) | 165 |
36 |
201 |
[2] |
||
| ROCAF (sold to USAF) | 39 |
27 |
66 |
|||
| (ROCAF Phase I lot) | (13) |
(10) |
(23) |
|||
| (ROCAF Phase II lot) | (9) |
(5) |
(14) |
|||
| (ROCAF Phase III lot) | (17) |
(12) |
(29) |
|||
| NASA | 1 |
2 |
3 |
|||
| AMI | -- |
6 |
6 |
|||
| RNoAF | -- |
2 |
2 | |||
| spares (ETG) | 81 |
-- |
81 |
|||
| crashed (written off) | 11 | 247 |
34 |
292 |
||
| BDRT, preserved, instructional | 19 | 158 | 7 | 184 | ||
| Total | 30 | 749 | 137 | 916 | ||
| remarks: | ||||||
| [1] including 4 for spares, 17 were RF-104G | ||||||
| [2] including 12 for spares | ||||||
During 30 years of flying
there were 1.975.646 hours accumulated. The average per aircraft was 2.157 flight hours. A total of 292 F-104 were lost in accidents, with the tragic death of 116 pilots. That accounts for one loss per 6.630 flying hours, which is actually a normal value according to international standards. |
||||||
 |
||||||
| compiled by: Hubert Peitzmeier | ||||||
| update: April 3, 2011 | ||||||
