F-104C Puerto Rico ANG formation take-off at Muniz ANGB, San Juan-Luis Munoz Marin International (TJSJ)

USAF Air National Guard F-104C, 198th TFS Puerto Rico ANG, Muniz ANGB San Juan
Following the withdrawal of the F-104C from Southeast Asia in 1967,
surviving F-104Cs were transferred to the 198th TFS of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard
The F-104Cs replaced that unit's elderly F-86H Sabre Fighter Bomber
This ANG unit operated the Starfighter until it converted to LTV A-7Ds in July 1975.

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