CF-104 "899" CAF at Ramstein AB 1974

CF-104, Canadair Model CL-90, Lockheed Model 683-04-12, construction number 683A-1199, built by Canadair
first flight August 19, 1963; taken on service by RCAF serial number 12899 December 15, 1963, first unit 1 Air Division
B Category accident (bird strike holed canopy) with 430 (ST/A) Squadron, RCAF in March 1966 and repaired
reserialed as 104899 effective June 1970; May 1976 at Twenthe for the 12.Tactical Weapon Meet,
aircraft wore "1 CAG" in red on white wingtip tanks for the Tactical Weapons Meet; withdrawn from service on March 6, 1986; given to Turkey 1986
taken on service by TuAF (TuAF serial number 63-899) on March 13, 1986; withdrawn from use with 182 sqn on June 20, 1994 coded "8-899"
on display coded "8-899" at the Bulgarian AF museum, Krumovo Airport (LBPD) Plovdiv AB; 2001 first noted; October 2024 noted.

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