TF-104G "4-23" 20°Gruppo Addestramento Operativo (OCU) taxiing to runway 03 at Grosseto for its last ever flight to Grazzanise on April 17, 2003

TF-104G, construction number 583D-5767, model 583-10-20, US serial number 63-12685, built by Lockheed
AMI serial number MM54226, delivered 1965; initially serialed MM12685; first flight 19.10.1964; MAP to Italy delivery date 25.2.1965 (the only one delivered in bare metal livery)
20°Gruppo 25.2.1965 (Nato camouflage scheme); "20-1" 4.5.1976-9.8.1984; stored Grosseto 10.1985
"4-23" 06.1986-01.1996; grey camouflage scheme 10.8.1997; modified to TF-104G-M 02.1997-03.2000 by 4°RMV
"4-23" 26.9.1999-25.2.2003; last flight 17.4.2003 to Grazzanise AB; withdrawn from use 1.7.2003; 27.10.2004 noted
storage Grazzanise AB CFE area July 2006 last noted; "4-23" was carrying Squadron Leader Insignia
"20-1" at "Istituto di Scienze Militari Aeronautiche" (ISMA) of Scuola Militaire Aeronautica at Florence (Institute of Aviation & Military Science) as Gate Guardian at Via Aeronautica, Florence
TF-104G coded "20-1" in first period NATO camouflage scheme (with large white codes) with the 20 Squadron insignia on the tail; April 2024 noted.

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