F-104G "104-17" (serial number 63-12716) 104 Escuadrón 1970; observe the Recce pod on 104-17

F-104G, construction number 683D-6087, model 683-10-19, US serial number 63-13638, Spanish serial number C.8-17, built by Canadair

first flight at Canadair November 10, 1964; delivery date January 22, 1965 to USAF; Spanish serial number C.8-17; MAP to Spain on June 6, 1965 by ship to Rota NAS
coded FG-638/33638 to 161 Escuadrón at Torrejon AB on August 31, 1965 with 13 flight hours; coded 161-27 in 1965; with renamed 104 Escuadrón 104-27 in 1967
coded 104-17 with 104 Escuadrón in 1968; IRAN at FUS (Flugzeug-Union Süd), Germany on August 11, 1969 with 587 flight hours, back to SpAF on April 8, 1970
with 122 Escuadrón from May 31, 1971 until May 31, 1972; withdrawn from use on May 31, 1972; returned to USAF on May 31, 1972
MAP (Military Assistance Program) to Greece on June 13, 1972 coded FG-638 for 116 Wing; withdrawn from use in 1992; first noted (dump) Araxos September 1992
noted at Araxos in August 1995 with fuselage only; stored at Araxos in 2000; Araxos AB dump September 2005 noted, May 23, 2007 noted; September 2010 noted
November 2013 dump at Araxos AB in very bad state noted; October 2017 noted.

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