TF-104G "20-23" 20°Gruppo OCU of 4°Stormo "Amedeo d'Aosta" Grosseto AB in early camouflage scheme

TF-104G, construction number 583H-5209, model 583-10-20, serial number MM54258, built by Lockheed, reassembled by FIAT
delivery date AMI 22.10.1969; delivery date 20°Gruppo Autonomo, Addestramento Operativo (AO) at Grosseto AB 22.1.1970; IRAN 22.6.1973-19.6.1974
delivery date 20°Gruppo 4 Stormo "Amedeo d'Aosta" Grosseto 19.6.1974, 20-23 8.7.1974-01.1985; IRAN+R3 repair 12.7.1976-12.8.1977; IRAN 7.1.1981-4.6.1982
4-40 17.7.1985-26.4.1988; IRAN 29.7.1986-17.9.1987; special color scheme in blue/yellow for "75.000 hrs" on TF 104G 12.1990-28.8.1991; IRAN 28.8.1991-17.3.1994
delivery date 20°Gruppo 17.3.1994, 4-40 29.7.1994-8.7.1997; converted TF-104G-M 29.5.1997-19.7.1998 by 4°RMV
delivery date 20°Gruppo 19.7.1998; 4-40 17.7.1998-1.2.2000; IRAN 22.3.1999-21.12.2000; respray in grey camouflage scheme
delivery date 20°Gr 21.12.2000, 4-40 16.5.2002-21.10.2004, Pratica di Mare AB May 2004; last flight to Grazzanise 25.10.2004; withdrawn from use 26.10.2004 with 4.351 flight hours
 delivered December 2011 to the Starfighters Inc Team in Florida and got its civil FAA registration "N991SF" in January 2012
early 2014 it was painted in a light grey overall scheme with white company logos; prepared for making it operational again
October 2015 painted black overall with logo "KANON" (a sponsor); January 2021 re-activation work completed and prepared for a "new" first flight again as "Black Beauty"
second "Maiden Flight" at KSC (Kennedy Space Center) on January 26, 2021; June 2023 at Pratica di Mare noted in display; June 2024 noted.

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