CF-104 N104RD "STARFIGHTERS" taxiing with the late Tom Delashaw!

Tom "Sharkbait" Delashaw
Tom had 6,000+ hours in fighters: F-84F; F-100A/D/F; F-104C/D/G/TF/CF; F-4C/D/E.
He was one of only two F-104 pilots to graduate from the USAF Fighter Weapons School.
He completed two tours of duty in SEA, flying F-104s and F-4s.
Tom maintained his ACM proficiency flying as an air combat instructor for the Texas Air Aces, Houston, TX.
He was flying civilian-owned F-104s as demo/instructor, F-100s, Hawker Hunters, and F4s.
"Sharkbait" was the call sign of Tom's F-4 squadron in SEA. On July 22, 2003 Tom Delashaw died in an aircraft crash.

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