F-104G "180" at US Navy Test Center Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA coded "180" during 1964, nicknamed "Laubfrosch" (greenback)

SATS (Short Airfield for Tactical Support) was a test programme where F-104G aircraft were catapult launched from short land strips (for mobile airfields)
and recovered using arrestor gear. Test launches were carried out at Lakehurst and Lechfeld in 1966.

F-104G, construction number 683-2080, model 683-10-19, built by Lockheed
manufactured by group USA (ARGE-USA); first flight 1962 coded "180" only; assembly in Fighter-Bomber version according contract lot 7
heavily damaged on a crash-landing July 3, 1962 during a Lockheed company functional check-flight by a German acceptance pilot,
he landed hard and short of the runway on the soft overrun on a simulated flame-out approach,
all three gears collapsed, aircraft skidded, caught fire and sustained substantial damage, pilot was not injured
aircraft stayed at Lockheed for repair; accepted by BABwLockheed on June 25, 1963
1963 modified for SATS-program (Short Airfield for Tactical Support); tests at US Navy Test Center Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA coded "180" during 1964, nicknamed "Laubfrosch" (greenback)
stored at Palmdale on March 19, 1964 coded KF+155; shipped to Germany July 28, 1965; VFW for reassembly on September 14, 1965
DB+128 December 29, 1965 modified for ZELL tests (Zero Length Launch); camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order "TA-196" in 1966
ErpSt 61 on May 9, 1966 for barrier tests; 1967 ZELL program cancelled; 1967 modified to F-104G standard at Messerschmitt
20+68 LVR 3 for modifications, JaboG 32 on August 12, 1968, IRAN at SABCA on April 27, 1972, back to JaboG 32 on July 10, 1972
JaboG 31 on March 31, 1982; withdrawn from use and stored at LwSchleuse 11 on February 9, 1983; struck off charge order (AVA) March 22, 1984
with 2.757 flight hours to Turkish Air Force (TuAF serial number 62-2080) on April 9, 1984; coded "9-080" with 9.AJU Balikesir AB; withdrawn from use on July 9, 1992; scrapped in August 1995 at Eskisehir AB (CFE).

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