TF-104G "13631" (66-13631) 58th TFW Luke AFB, Arizona 1981

TF-104G, construction number 583F-5942, company model 583-10-20, US serial number 66-13631, assembly by Lockheed
manufactured by Lockheed, Messerschmitt (ARGE-Süd) and VFW; main parts manufactured by ARGE-Süd (fuselage) and VFW (wings)
parts (fuselage and wings) airlifted to Lockheed-Burbank on January 31, 1967
assembly and test flights at Palmdale coded with US serial number 66-13630 (planned code KF+242 was not used)
 operated in USAF Silver-finish colors by the 4510th CCTW at Luke AFB (German shadow serial number 2812, never used for registration) coded 13631
2.407 flight hours in May 1977; flown until end of operation at Luke AFB on March 16, 1983
struck off charge order (AVA) July 19, 1983; sold to USAF with 3.097 flight hours with "Phase III" lot
MAP (Military Assistance Program) under project "Ali Shan No.8" to ROCAF for 499 TFW at CCK (Ching Chuan Kang) AB 1983 coded "4196"
July 19, 1983 delivered by sea container and arrived at 1st Depot at Pingtung South AB for reassembly and IRAN
in 1984 delivered to 41 TFS of 499 TFW at CCK (Ching Chuan Kang) AB coded "4197"; moved to Hsinchu AB in August 1986; in 1990 to 8 TFS of 427 TFW /3 AG at CCK AB
withdrawn from use in March 1993; scrapped in 1999.

Last by Lockheed built TF-104G

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