F-104J "515" APW squadron landing at Gifu AB F-104J, construction number 683B-3015, model 683-07-14, JASDF serial number 36-8515, reassembled by MitsubishiMitsubishi reassembled from supplied knock-down kits by Lockheed; assigned to 201st Hikotai of 2 Wing APG November 1976 assigned (Jikken Kokudan ("experiment squadron")) at Gifu, long time as chase aircraft and other duties 1982 assigned to 207 Hikotai of 83 Air Group; 1985 assigned to Jikken Kokudan ("experiment Wing") APW 1985, retired November 1991; last operational F-104J; stored Gifu AB 1991 arrival Kakamigahara Aerospace Museum 1994; display Kakamigahara Aerospace Museum, Kakamigahara City, Prefecture Gifu, APW marks, November 1997 first noted noted September 1999; October 2013 noted; May 2018 the Kakamigahara Aerospace Science Museum has been renovated and rebranded as the Gifu-Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum May 2024 noted. copyright © Suga Zuo
