F-104C "60923" 436th TFS "Black Aces" Commanders aircraft 1959

F-104C, construction number 183-1211, model 483-04-05, serial number 56-0923, built by Lockheed
delivery date February 6, 1959, 479th TFW 436 TFS 1960
crashed June 26, 1961 after midair collision with 57-0917 near Charlottesville, Virginia, written off; pilot ejected safely and was not injured.

The first F-104Cs began to reach the TAC in September of 1958
It served with four squadrons (434th, 435th, 436th, and 476th) of the 479th Tactical Fighter Wing, based at George AFB
It was primarily intended for nuclear strike, but it could also carry out ground attack missions with conventional weapons

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