F-104G "13255" (63-13255) landing at Luke AFB, Arizona 1977

F-104G, construction number 683-2039, company model 683-10-19, US serial number 63-13255, built by Lockheed
manufactured by Group USA (ARGE-USA); assembly in Fighterbomber version according contract lot 4; flight test release October 27, 1961; flown with register number "139" for test flights
KF+115 accepted by BABwLockheed for delivery; airlifted to Messerschmitt-Manching on November 28, 1961 with 12:30 flight hours for reassembly; Messerschmitt test flight on March 16, 1962
project "42" as Fighterbomber (for JaboG 31) with Vulcan M61 20 mm machine gun installed and long range tanks as loose parts
DA+243 JaboG 31 "Boelcke" at Norvenich AB delivery date on April 2, 1962 in Silver-finish colors; TSLw 1 on December 7, 1962 for maintenance training
coded BF+243 as instructional aircraft (GIA) on January 8, 1963; planned for project "Columbus" on November 15, 1962; February 22, 1963 to Messerschmitt for disassembly
according project "Columbus" airlifted coded BG+121 on March 7, 1963 to Lockheed-Burbank; reassembled and modified to the latest modification level at Lockheed-Palmdale
 operated at Luke AFB by the 4510th CCTW (German shadow serial number 2032, never used for registration) in USAF Silver-finish colors coded 13255; 58th TFTW on January 1, 1970
58th TTW on April 1, 1977; in May 1977 with 2.799 flight hours on active flying status; 1978 temporarily in long term storage; flown until end of operation at Luke AFB on March 16, 1983
noted preserved (cocooned) for transfer to ROCAF at Luke AFB in March 1983; struck off charge order (AVA) July 19, 1983; sold to USAF with "Phase III" lot with 2.901 flight hours
MAP (Military Assistance Program) to ROCAF 1983 under project "Ali Shan No.8"; delivered by sea container and arrived at 1st Depot at Pingtung South AB for reassembly July 19, 1983
delivered to 42 TFS of 499 TFW at CCK (Ching Chuan Kang) AB coded "4376"; in 1986 499 TFW moved to Hsinshu AB; withdrawn from use and stored at Hsinshu AB in 1994; scrapped in 1995.

Project "42": 42 aircraft (hence the name of the project!) for JaboG 31 (FBW 31) at Norvenich in Fighterbomber version with built-in Vulcan M61 20 mm machine gun, long-range tanks as loose parts.

The plan was to code the German F-104 operating at Luke with "BG" codes, but this was not legal according to USAF regulations.

63-13255 transfer to ROCAF in March 1983

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