TF-104G "38460" (63-8460) 58th Tactical Fighter Training Wing (TFTW) taking off for a mission with a "Sidewinder" training missile on the right wing in September 1976

TF-104G, construction number 583D-5764, company model 583-10-20, US serial number 63-8460, built by Lockheed
manufactured by Group USA (ARGE-USA); assembly at Lockheed-Palmdale for Germany; first flight 1963 coded with US serial number "63-8460"; delivery date in 1963 for Germany
 operated at Luke AFB by the 4510 CCTW coded 38460 (German shadow serial number 2762, never used for registration) in USAF Silver-finish colors
58 Tactical Fighter Training Wing (TFTW) in 1970; 2.926 flight hours in May 1977; long term storage in 1979
struck off charge order (AVA) January 24, 1983; sold to USAF in 1983 with "Phase I" lot
MAP (Military Assistance Program) to ROCAF for 3 Wing at CCK (Ching Chuan Kang) AB 1983 coded "4187" with 3.255 flight hours
January 24, 1983 delivered by sea container and arrived at 1st Depot at Pingtung South AB for reassembly and IRAN
in 1983 delivered to 42 TFS of 499 TFW at CCK (Ching Chuan Kang) AB coded "4187; moved to Hsinchu AB in August 1986; in 1990 transferred in 3 Air Group pool
withdrawn from use in 1994 and decoy at Hsinchu AB; scrapped in 1995.

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