F-104C "70928" (57-0928) 435th Tactical Fighter Squadron (PACAF), Udorn RTAFB, over Laos in 1966

F-104C serial number 57-0928, construction number 183-1245, model 483-04-05, built by Lockheed
delivery date June 25, 1959; Jun 1959 to 479 Tactical Fighter Wing (Tactical Air Command), George AFB, CA (deployments to Moron AB, Spain, McChord AFB, WA and Hahn AB, Germany)
Gold Fire Army exercise November 1964; September 1965 436th Tactical Fighter Squadron (Pacific Air Forces), Kung Kuan AB, Vietnam, October 1965 to Da Nang AB, Vietnam
December 18, 1965 to 479th Tactical Fighter Wing (TAC), George AFB; July 1966 to 435th Tactical Fighter Squadron (PACAF), Udorn RTAFB, Thailand
March 1967 to 8th Tactical Fighter Wing (PACAF), Udorn RTAFB; April 1967 to Sacramento Air Logistics Area, McClellan AFB, CA
June 1967 to 156th Tactical Fighter Group (Air National Guard), San Juan IAP PR; as 0-70928 57-0928 Puerto Rico Air National Guard (PRANG) 198th TFS 1970
dropped from inventory by transfer to museum status and stored at Muniz AP June 1975
destroyed in Puerto Rico on January 11, 1981 during attack, it was completely destroyed by a Puerto-Rico guerilla-action during a thermal bomb attack
used for practice by fire-crash crews; scrapped.

claim to fame: Harold Alston F-104 on 100 SEA mission September 30, 1966

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