F-104C 0-60929 (56-0929) "MARGARET" operated by the Puerto Rico ANG shortly after return from SEA 1967

F-104C, construction number 183-1217, model 483-04-05, US serial number 56-0929, built by Lockheed
available at Lockheed on January 12, 1959; accepted on March 1, 1959; delivery date March 10, 1959, 479th TFW (1963-1967), 1965 at DaNang
IRAN at McClellan AFB (SMAAR) in December 1965 until February 1966; it was one of the 12 additional Starfighters delivered to the 435 TFS at Udorn AB on July 22,, 1966
it received overhaul a number of times, including from 23 August till late August and from 17 till 26 October 1966
on November 16, 1966 it encountered a ground incident of which no details are known.
In fact it could return to the squadron soon after. At the end of its days in Udorn it got nose art "MARGARET" applied as nickname
198th TFS PR ANG "0-60929" San Juan-Luis Munoz Marin International (TJSJ) August 1967; withdrawn from use August 1975; to Kelly AFB, Texas August 25, 1975
on pole at USAF History and Traditions Museum, Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas (AFMTC Lackland AFB) 1978, 1996 last noted
Southern Museum of Flight in Birmingham, Alabama (on loan from Air Force museum in Ohio) on March 8, 2004, August 8, 2007 noted; June 2021 noted.

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The pilot flying this aircraft was Arthur K.Poe