F-104C "0-70920" (construction number 57-0920) of the 198th TFS PR ANG 1971

F-104C, construction number 183-1237, model 483-04-05, US serial number 57-0920, built by Lockheed
delivery date July 6, 1959, to ARDC (Air Research and Development Command) Air Force Special Weapons Center (AFSWC) at Kirtland AFB, NM
in July 1959, (deployment to Edwards AFB, CA), February 1960 modified to JF-104C; October 1967 modified to F-104C
October 1969 to 156 Tactical Fighter Group/198th TFS PR ANG (October 1969-August 1975), San Juan IAP PR coded "0-70920"
August 1975 dropped from inventory by transfer to museum status, delivered on August 4, 1975 to McEntire ANGB
preserved at McEntire ANGB, 169th FG, South Carolina as FG-920/"60920" October 1978, noted 1987; noted on pole January 2018
restoration project McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, July 28, 2022 noted; October 2025 noted.

33 55 13.45 N 80 48 27.36 W

McEntire Air National Guard Station is named for the late Brigadier General Barnie B. McEntire, Jr., the first commander of the S.C. Air Guard and its first general officer.
General McEntire died in May 1961 when he rode his malfunctioning F-104 into the Susquehanna River to avoid crashing in the populated area of Harrisburg, PA.
 The base was previously known as Congaree Air Base and was used in World War II as a U.S. Marine Corps training base.

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