F-104G 26+07 Jagdbombergeschwader 33 (JaboG 33) passing Hohenzollern Castle 1982

construction number 683D-9135, model 683-10-19, built by SABCA
manufactured by West Group (ARGE-West); assembly start May 31, 1964 at SABCA, Gosselies
first flight September 10, 1964 with construction number "9135" in Fighter-Bomber version
5 factory test fights and 4 military test flight with 8 flight hours; coded KH+156 acceptance date November 6, 1964 by BABwSABCA
camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order TA-196; LVR 3 (Luftwaffenversorgungsregiment 3) on December 9, 1964 for modifications
flown into Hopsten coming from Manching on February 2, 1965 (delivery date) by Oberstleutnant (LtCol) Lothar Kmitta, Kommodore of JaboG 36 (FBW 36) 
coded DF+118 JaboG 36 on February 5, 1965
IRAN SABCA on April 11, 1967 with 52 flight hours; back to JaboG 36 on June 2, 1967
26+07 IRAN SABCA on March 5, 1969 with 439 flight hours; back to JaboG 36 on October 3, 1969
JaboG 31 on July 24, 1974; VFW for inspection on April 17, 1980; JaboG 33 in 1980; LVR 1 "F-104 Kommando" on November 15, 1984
withdrawn from use and stored at LwSchleuse 11 on May 15, 1985; struck off charge order November 26, 1985 
to Turkish Air Force on January 21, 1986 with 3.106 flight hours (TuAF serial number 64-9135); seen coded "8-135" with 8 AJU in 1993
withdrawn from use on September 1, 1993 at 1.Air Supply and Maintenance Center at Eskisehir AB; stored Diyarbakir in April 1994
preserved on pole at Erzurum as "8-135" with markings of 8 AJU, September 2003 first noted
January 1, 2009 last noted

39°56'52.55''N 41°11'23.04''E

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