F-104G "3-30" 28°Gruppo of 3°Stormo after landing at Soesterberg AB, Netherlands with the Orpheus recce pod 1975

F-104G, construction number 683D-6551, serial number MM6551, model 683-10-19, built by FIAT
delivery date AMI 7.12.1963;delivery date 21°Gruppo 23.12.1963, 51-10 01.1964; 101°Gruppo 11.1965; delivery date 102°Gruppo 1.12.1965, 5-?? 12.1965-21.4.1967
delivery date 10°Gruppo 21.4.1967; 3-30 13.5.1974; 6-14 6°Stormo 154°Gruppo 4.4.1978-29.9.1980; IRAN 29.9.1980-7.7.1981; delivery date 154°Gruppo 7.7.1981, 6-30 08.1981-24.3.1982
delivery date 20°Gruppo 28.5.1982, 20-32 05.1984-16.11.1985; delivery date 132°Gruppo 30.7.1985, 3-05 06.1986-8.7.1986; IRAN 27.3.1987-2.11.1988
delivery date 132°Gruppo 2.11.1988, 3-01 7.11.1988-04.1990; 3-51 28°Gruppo of 3°Stormo 9.7.1991-1.7.1992
June 1992 Royal Air Force 13 Squadron, based at Honington and flying the Tornado GR.1A, exchanged with the Italian Air Force 28 Gruppo based at Villafranca, flying the F-104G
withdrawn from use Rimini 26.8.1992 with 3.793 flight hours
"Valzer" painted for the 50th Anniversary of 102°Gruppo 5°Stormo September 19, 1992; decoy 1.8.1994-22.2.1996, dump Cervia for CFE 10.10.1996-31.5.2001
3-51 dismantled near maintenance hangar Cervia AB 2001; stored Bentivoglio scrap yard Roma 07.2004-9.8.2004 (nose of MM6820 and tail of MM6758)
preserved with Stone Gallery Di Farsetti at Massa, 56 km NNW of Livorno 10.2005, with marks of 28 Gruppo; July 8, 2008 noted; October 2017 (weathered) noted; October 2023 noted.

44° 1'51.42"N 10° 5'58.23"E

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