F-104J "538" (36-8538) 204th Hikotai (squadron) of 5th Wing JASDF carrying a "Green-khaki" ACM colorscheme at Nyutabaru AB in November 1981 F-104J, construction number 683B-3038, model 583-07-14, serial number 36-8538, built by MitsubishiJapanese Air Self Defense Forces (JASDF) Mitsubishi built; November 26, 1963 handed over to Air Self-Defense Force; delivery date December 7, 1963; first assigned to 201st Hikotai of 2nd Kokudan; later 7th Kokudan from 1971 205th Hikotai of 6th Kokudan at Komatsu till 1980; after 205th Hikotai disbanded to 204th Hikotai of 5th Kokudan in 1981 ACM meeting 1981 carrying a green-khaki camouflage scheme; ACM meeting 1983 carrying a khaki-blue-green combination color scheme ACM meeting 1984 carrying a green-khaki combination color scheme withdrawn from use at Nyutabaru AB, Miyazaki Prefecture 1984; stored at Nyutabaru AB; preserved as display Nyutabaru AB inside the Aviation Publicity Hall (nose only) 2003 noted noted during Nyuutabaru Air Festa 2013; July 12, 2014 noted; July 2018 last noted 36-8538 moved to Japan Mitsuwa Hagane Co. factory, Nobeoka City, Miyazaki Prefecture after 2020. copyright © Günter Grondstein collection
