TF-104G "13073" (61-3073) 4512th CCTS (Combat Crew Training Squadron) Luke AFB 1970

TF-104G, construction number 583D-5744, company model 583-10-20, US serial number 61-3073, built by Lockheed
manufactured by Group USA (ARGE-USA); assembly at Lockheed-Palmdale for Germany; first flight 1963 coded with US serial number "61-3073"
 operated at Luke AFB by the 4510 CCTW coded 13073 (German shadow serial number 2742) in USAF Silver-finish colors
2.970 flight hours in May 1977; long term storage in August 1979; struck off charge order (AVA) January 24, 1983; sold to USAF in 1983 with "Phase I" lot
under project "Ali Shan No.8" MAP (Military Assistance Program) to ROCAF for 3 Wing at CCK (Ching Chuan Kang) AB 1983 with 3.182 flight hours coded "4171"
1993 with 11 AG (2 TFW); withdrawn from use in August 1995
preserved at Hsinchu AB with 11 AG marks 2000 first noted; display in Base collection at Hsinchu AB October 2005 first noted
coded "61-03073" June 2012 noted; October 2023 last noted.

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