F-104C "890" PR ANG with a practice bomb dispenser on the fuselage station

F-104C, construction number 1178, US serial number 56-0890, built by Lockheed
delivered to the USAF October 16, 1958; 479th Tactical Fighter Wing (Tactical Air Command), George AFB 1958
deployments to Moron AB Spain, 436Th TFS 1965 at DaNang
October 1966 to 435 Tactical Fighter Squadron (Pacific Air Forces), Udorn RT AFB Thailand
March 1967 to 8th Tactical Fighter Wing (PACAF), Udorn RTAFB
198 TFS PR ANG 156th Tactical Fighter Group (Air National Guard), San Juan IAP, PR October 1967 until August 1975
withdrawn from use August 15, 1975; dropped from the inventory August 18, 1975
to McGhee-Tyson Airport, Knoxville, at McGhee-Tyson Airport (ANGB), Knoxville, Tennessee
painted as F-104A 56-0880 "60880" 1999 noted, May 2006 noted as 56-0880; 2009 coded as 60880 noted; April 2025 noted.

35°48'56.47"N 83°59'53.41"W

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