F-104N "826" (56-0790) in formation with T-38 "821" and F/A-18 "841" to commemorate pilot Bill Dana 30 year anniversary of first F-104 flight April 30, 1990 F-104G, construction number 683D-8213, model 683-04-10, built by Fokker manufactured by North Group (ARGE-Nord); first flight January 30, 1964 coded KG+313 January 30, 1964 to Avio Diepen for RF-104G photoreconnaissance version modifications according project "Recce" March 5, 1964 to Fokker for camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order "TA-196"; acceptance date by BABwFokker (RNAF-MTA) April 16, 1964LVR 3 (Luftwaffenversorgungsregiment 3) on April 27,1964 for technical upgrading EB+114 AG 52 Leck AB delivery date on November 5, 1964; IRAN at SABCA July 8, 1966 with 170 flight hours, back to AG 52 on April 18, 1967 24+64 WaSLw 10 on September 20, 1971; modified to AWX (All Weather Fighter) version F-104G on November 18, 1971 JG 74 on May 30, 1972; MFG 1 (Marine Air Wing 1) at Schleswig-Jagel AB on July 8, 1974 struck off charge order (AVA) December 4, 1973; WaSLw 10 on June 26, 1975 for NASA training with 1.671 flight hours ferry flight from June 27, until July 2, 1975 together with construction number 5735 and 5739 via RAF Lossiemouth to Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards AFB, CA; arrived at Dryden flown by Gary Krier
NASA 826 [N826NA] aeronautical experiments test bed at Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, California last research mission with NASA 826 was January 31, 1994. Last flight was February 3, 1994 as last NASA F-104, a symbolic farewell with NASA 826 is piloted by Tom McMurtry, Chief Flight Operations Division. preserved at Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California from July 1995, on display at NASA Dryden Flight Research Facility in Visitor Center, Edwards California; 2003 first noted; August 2024 noted. copyright © USAF
