ROCAF F-104D "4162" (57-1316) decommision ceremony on November 15, 1988 at CCK AB

In 1975 Taiwan received, via project "Ali Mountain No.7", six F-104D aircraft to increase their training capacity.
These F-104D trainer were used until their official retire ceremony November 15, 1988 and were only operated by the CCK based 8th TFS under the 3rd TFW (3 Air Group).
Both second batch F-104B and the F-104D received the traditional 1970s Taiwanese camouflage scheme on arrival, which was changed to light grey mid 80s while receiving IRAN.
5027: 57-1315 coded 4161, withdrawn from use, scrapped.
5028: 57-1316 coded 4162, withdrawn from use, scrapped.
5030: 57-1318 coded 4163, crashed 19.January 1979 with 8 TFS of 3 Wing, reason unknown.
5031: 57-1319 coded 4164, withdrawn from use, scrapped.
5033: 57-1321 coded 4165, crashed 13.June 1980 after stalling the aircraft.
5038: 57-1326 coded 4166, withdrawn from use, preserved as display at ROCAF Historical Museum in Gangshan AB (RCAY).

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