F-104G 26+72 "Vikings" pilots discussing the display at their homebase Eggebek

F-104G, construction number 683D-7418, model 683-10-19, built by MBB
manufactured by South Group (ARGE-Süd) & VFW; assembly start by ARGE-Süd at MBB-Manching on December 9, 1971according lot 7
first flight March 16, 1972 at Manching; acceptance date June 6, 1972 by GPS-MBB
modification level "Neptun" as Fighteromber (for German Navy) with AS.30 "Kormoran" anti-ship missile delivery system; Navy camouflage scheme "Norm 76" according tech order "TA-196-3"
26+72 MFG 2 delivery date on June 6, 1972; October 12, 1983 to Luftwaffenschleuse 11 for AN/ALE-40(N) Chaff/Flare countermeasure dispenser equipment according tech order "TA-1469"
back to MFG 2 on November 28, 1983; flown by the "Vikings" demonstration team with a colorful paint scheme, symbolizing the colors of Schleswig-Holstein for the F-104 Farewell
on September 11, 1986; stored at LwSchleuse 11 with 2.225 flight hours on November 26, 1986; struck off charge order (AVA) February 21, 1989
display at MFG 2 Eggebek as "Vikings" on May 18, 1992; on pole in standard camouflage scheme in 2003; for sale by VEBEG in November 2004
transported from Eggebek to Kessel, Netherlands in mid January 2005
owned by Piet Smedts, Kessel Garagebedrijf Piet Smedts/PS Aero and preserved as display in the storage area
March 18, 2006 first noted; December 28, 2008 noted; February 13, 2010 under restoration in Vikings colors noted
preserved in "Vikings" colors at Baarlo August 10, 2011 first noted; March 2020 noted
February 8, 2022 to Fenix Recycling, a company at Limburg Regional Airport (Sint-Truiden), former Brustem Airbase (EBST), as part of an aircraft-collection with Fenix Recycling.

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