TF-104G "38462" (63-8462) in the "Break" over Luke AFB 1982

TF-104G, construction number 583D-5766, company model 583-10-20, US serial number 63-8462, built by Lockheed
manufactured by Group USA (ARGE-USA); assembly at Lockheed-Palmdale for Germany; test flights with US registration code "63-8462"; to Germany in 1963
 operated by the 4510th CCTW at Luke AFB (German shadow serial number 2764, never used for registration) coded 38462 in USAF Silver-finish colors
1.882 flight hours in May 1977; flown until end of operation at Luke AFB on March 16, 1983
sold to USAF 1983 with "Phase III" lot with 2.696 flight hours; struck off charge order (AVA) July 19, 1983
MAP (Military Assistance Program) under project "Ali Shan No.8" to ROCAF for 427 TFW at CCK (Ching Chuan Kang) AB coded "4189"
July 19, 1983 delivered by sea container and arrived at 1st Depot at Pingtung South AB for reassembly and IRAN
in 1983 delivered to 28 TFS of 427 TFW at CCK (Ching Chuan Kang) AB coded "4189; in 1992 to 12 TRS at Taoyuan AB; moved to Hsinchu AB with 499 TFW/11AG in 1993
stored at Hsinchu AB in 2002 last noted; "4189" TF-104G ROCAF monument, titled "Zuan Sheng" (Zoom climb), at CCK AB, Taichung City, Taiwan, January 10, 2008 first noted
with 3rd TFG (3 Wing) emblem November 2021 noted; May 2026 noted.

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