TF-104G 27+27 JaboG 36 at Hopsten AB 1971

construction number 583D-5728, model 583-10-20, US serial number 61-3057, built by Lockheed
manufactured by Lockheed (ARGE-USA); assembly at Lockheed, Palmdale; Lockheed test flights at Palmdale coded 61-3057
acceptance date April 26, 1963 by BABwLockheed; MAP to Germany coded KE+228
airlifted to Manching on May 9, 1963 with a Canadair CL-44D of the "Flying Tiger Line"
DA+057 for test flights at Messerschmitt-Manching; camouflage scheme TA-196 "Norm 62"
DA+362 JaboG 31 delivery date on October 3, 1963; JA+373 JG 71 "R" on May 15, 1965
DF+363 JaboG 36 on July 8, 1965
27+27 JaboG 33 on September 4, 1974; detachment Decimomannu 1974-1976; JaboG 32 on September 20, 1976
struck off charge order October 4, 1978
delivered to Turkey (Türk Hava Kuvvetleri) in October 1978 from Lechfeld AB with TuAF serial number 63-5728
coded "9-728" to 9 AJU at Balikesir AB; served at Murted, Bandirma and Erhac Air Bases in the 89's; withdrawn from use in August 1989
scrapped in June 1995 (1.Air Supply and Maintenance Center) at Eskisehir AB according CFE (Conventional Armed Forces in Europe), Treaty
at Ankara dump in October 1997, last noted

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