F-104G "13265" (63-13265) 58th Tactical Fighter Training Wing (TFTW) in 1973

F-104G, construction number 683-2093, company model 683-10-19, US serial number 63-13265, built by Lockheed
manufactured by Group USA (ARGE-USA); flight test release May 7, 1962; assembly in Fighterbomber version according contract lot 7
flown with register number "193" for test flights; acceptance date by BABwLockheed not known
coded KF+168 airlifted to Messerschmitt-Manching, Germany September 18, 1962 in a Canadair CL-44D airfreighter of "Flying Tiger Line" with 14:50 flight hours
reassembled by Messerschmitt, but no test flight and stored; not delivered to the Luftwaffe (GAF)
order for project "Columbus" on November 15, 1962; disassembled again and with code BG+111 airlifted back to USA on January 28, 1963
at Lockheed-Palmdale reassembly and modified according modification status 2220
 in USAF Silver-finish colors to the 4510th CCTW at Luke AFB (German shadow serial number 2080, never used for registration); operated coded 13265
2.577 flight hours in May 1977; long term storage with 3.149 flight hours; struck off charge order (AVA) January 24, 1983; sold to USAF with "Phase I" lot
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 21, 1983 
delivered to 41 or 42 TFS of 499 TFW at CCK (Ching Chuan Kang) AB coded "4381"; in August 1986 499 TFW moved to Hsinshu AB; withdrawn from use and stored at Hsinshu AB in 1995 
displayed in military cemetery and sports park at Suao City, Yilan County, Taiwan, blue serial number, 11 AG marks 2000 first noted; February 2022 noted; April 2025 noted.

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