F-104G "3-03" MM6540 132°Gruppo of 3°Stormo landing at Decimomannu AB in March 1986

F-104G, construction number 683D-6540, model 683-10-19, serial number MM6540, built by FIAT at Turin Caselle
delivery date AMI 5.9.1963; 154°Gruppo 09.1963-11.1963; delivery date from IRAN to 10°Gruppo 12.6.1967, 9-? 06.1967-22.1.1973
to RSV 22.1.1973; 3-39 132°Gruppo 5.11.1974-20.12.1974; November 1974 squadron exchange with Royal Air Force 41 squadron at RAF Coningsby; IRAN 20.12.1974-19.12.1975
converted to RF-104G in 1974; delivery date 28°Gruppo 19.12.1975, 3-40 03.1976-22.12.1977; 3-46 04.1978
6-20 154°Gruppo 22.6.1978-20.4.1979; IRAN 20.4.1979-15.2.1980; delivery date 132°Gruppo 15.2.1980, 3-02 05.1980-22.8.1983
IRAN 5.10.1983-20.7.1984; 3-03 delivery date 132°Gruppo 20.7.1984, stored Villafranca 1984; 3-03 11.4.1985-29.3.1988
IRAN 20.5.1988-8.6.1989; delivery date 28°Gruppo 8.6.1989, 3-33 12.6.1989-21.9.1992
Operation "Ace Guard" at Erhac AB, Turkey 1991 during the Iraqi war; delivery date 20°Gruppo 14.1.1992, 4-51 13.4.1993-26.5.1993
last flight 26.5.1993 to Trapani; dump 24.9.1995; April 2005 last noted
fuselage dump in car-scrapyard Autodemolizioni, Palermo (PA) in August 2009; October 2014 noted; cut-up in parts August 2020 noted.

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