F-104G "161-17" (serial  number 63-12730) 161 Escuadrón 1965

F-104G, construction number 683D-6082, model 683-10-19, US serial number 63-13730, Spanish serial number C.8-7, built by Canadair
first flight at Canadair October 16; 1964; delivery date February 4, 1965 to USAF; Spanish serial number C.8-7; MAP to Spain on June 6, 1965 by ship to Rota NAS
coded FG-730/32730 to 161 Escuadrón at Torrejon AB on July 14, 1965 with 19 flight hours; coded 161-17 in 1965; 1967 coded 104-17 with renamed 104 Escuadrón
coded 104-07 with 104 Escuadrón in 1968; seen 1971 with Vixen recce-pod; transferred to 122 Escuadrón on May 31, 1971
withdrawn from use with 775 flight hours on May 31, 1972; returned to USAF May 31, 1972

MAP (Military Assistance Program) to Greece June 13, 1972 coded as "FG-730" to 335 Mira "Tigreis" of 116 Pteriga (Wing) at Araxos AB
730 made its last flight from 116 CW at Araxos to 132 CG (Agrinion HAF Detachment) in 1992 and withdrawn from use
preserved with Arms Museum collection at Messolongi coded "FG-730" at least in April 1996; November 2011 last noted (the Arms Museum was never established and the aircraft
started to deteriorate); On February 28, 2011 the collection was moved from the harbor to Messolongi Aeroclub, where it is still stored near the airfield, 30 km NW of Patras
February 24, 2012 first noted; September 2016 noted; stored June 2024 noted.

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