TF-104G "13080" (61-3080) 58th Tactical Training Wing (TTW) returning from the range in December 1979

TF-104G, construction number 583D-5751, company model 583-10-20, US serial number 61-3080, built by Lockheed
manufactured by Group USA (ARGE-USA); first flight 1963 coded with US serial number "61-3080"; delivered 1963 for Germany; handed over to Germany at Luke AFB
 operated by the 4510th CCTW 1963 (German shadow serial number 2749, never used for registration) in USAF-Silver-finish coded 13080
2.918 flight hours in May 1977; flown until end of operation at Luke AFB on March 16, 1983; struck off charge order (AVA) July 21, 1983; sold 1983 to the USAF with "Phase II" lot
with 3.693 flight hours under project "Ali Shan No.8" MAP (Military Assistance Program) to ROCAF for 3 Wing at CCK (Ching Chuan Kang) AB 1983 coded "4177"
July 21, 1983 delivered by sea container and arrived at 1st Depot at Pingtung South AB for reassembly and IRAN
in 1984 delivered to 7 TFS of 427 Tactical Fighter Wing at CCK (Ching Chuan Kang) AB coded "4177; in 1988 to 28 TFS of 427 Tactical Fighter Wing
in 1990 transferred in 3 Air Group pool; instructional airframe (GIA) in AF Technique School in March 1993
preserved Technical School at Gangshan AB 1998 with uncommon serial font; 2003 noted
preserved ROC Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Julun Campus, near the ROC Air Force Museum at Gangshan AB, Gangshan District, Kaohsiung City 2007
December 2015 noted; January 2026 noted.

starting in 1984, under project "Ali Shan No.8", 41 Squadron, 42 Squadron, and 48 Squadron of 2 Wing at Hsinchu AB received 39 F-104G and 27 TF-104G, 
all of them ex-Luftwaffe from Luke AFB.

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