F-104J "682" 203 Hikotai (squadron) with "2-tone grey" ACM meeting camouflage scheme in August 1982 at Nyutabaru AB

F-104J, construction number 683B-3182, model 683-07-14, JASDF serial number 76-8682, built by Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi built; delivery date February 6, 1967; first 203 squadron of 2 Wing; to 205 squadron of 6 Wing; to 206 squadron of 7 Wing on August 1, 1977; at 203 squadron of 2 Wing in August 1982
at 202 squadron of 5 Wing in November 1980; 203 Hikotai of 2 Wing 1982; F-104J 76-8682 carrying a 2 tone grey camouflage scheme with snake badges in August 1982
1984 with 204 squadron of 5 Wing; 1990 stored in hangar; October 1992 converted to UF-104J at Gifu AB; 1994 to Drone squadron with black nose
February 25, 1997 shot down at firing range located near Iwo Jima Island.

682: a personal marking on the intake side was a brown "Mongoose"
holding a white "Cobra" (mascot of the Aggressor Squadron) in its mouth.


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