F-104G "3-02" 132°Gruppo of 3°Stormo "Carlo Emanuele Buscaglia" from Villafranca (LIPX) 1990

F-104G, construction number 683D-6558, serial number MM6558, model 683-10-19, built by FIAT at Turin, Caselle
delivery date AMI 7.2.1964; 4-40 September 1966 10°Gruppo (part of 4 Aerobrigata) from Grazzanise, Italy exchanged with the German Air Force JG74 (1st Staffel) at Neuburg
9-14 7.12.1966-14.10.1969; IRAN 14.10.1969-11.5.1970; delivery date 10°Gruppo 11.5.1970, 9-?? 05.1970-25.6.1973; IRAN from 25.6.1973; 3-38 132°Gruppo of 3°Stormo 22.7.1974
6-23 19.4.1977; IRAN 29.6.1978; delivery date 154°Gruppo of 6°Stormo 29.6.1978, 6-24 19.4.1979-30.7.1981
October 1980 154°Gruppo from Ghedi, Italy exchanged with RAF 3 Squadron based at RAFG Gutersloh flying the Harrier GR.3 aircraft
IRAN 30.7.1981-4.11.1982; delivery date 20°Gruppo 4.11.1982, uncoded 19.11.1982; 20-34 31.3.1983-07.1984; new code 4-45 17.7.1985-7.1.1987; IRAN 7.1.1987-13.6.1988
delivery date 132°Gruppo 13.6.1988, 3-02 26.8.1988-6.1.1991; August 1989 German Navy MFG 1 (2nd Staffel), based at Schleswig Jagel, flying the Tornado IDS,
exchanged with the Italian Air Force 132°Gruppo based at Villafranca, flying the F-104G; 3-53 25.6.1991-30.9.1991
Iraq war AMI "Ace Guard" operations at Erhac AB, Turkey in 1991
last flight 17.12.1991; withdrawn from use Villafranca 2.1.1992 with 3.367.flight hours; dump 04.1994-07.2003 (destroyed CFE 07.1994)
Verona-Villafranca dump tail/fuselage separated 2003 last noted; scrapped.

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