F-104D of 479th Tactical Fighter Wing 1960

The only new feature on the F-104D, like for the F-104B, was the addition of a rear cockpit, a basic component to most trainers.
To make room for the cockpit, the M61 Vulcan machine gun had to be removed.
The F-104D entered operational service in November 1958, first with the 476th Tactical Fighter Squadron at George AFB.
Soon thereafter, TAC three other F-104C squadrons became equipped with the F-104D.
The Air Force accepted 16 in Fiscal Year 1959 and 5 in Fiscal Year 1960 (2 monthly from November 1958 through August 1959).
Production ended in September 1959 with the delivery of the last F-104D.
The Flyaway cost per production aircraft was: $1.5 million: airframe: $873,962: engine (installed) $271,148: electronics: $16,210; ordnance: $70,067; armament: $269,014.

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