F-104G "3-41" 28°Gruppo of 3°Stormo taxi out at Decimomannu AB, Sardinia for a mission at "Capo Frasca Range" in January 1989

F-104G, construction number 683D-6527, serial number MM6527, model 683-10-19, built by FIAT
delivery date AMI 19.9.1963; 154°Gruppo 09.1963-11.1963; delivery date 21°Gruppo 25.11.1966, 21-02 12.1966-17.4.1967; delivery date 154°Gruppo 17.4.1967; RSV on load (?)
IRAN till 29.4.1969; delivery date 10°Gruppo 29.4.1969, 9-? 05.1969-11.7.1969; delivery date 102°Gruppo 11.7.1967, 5-03 14.7.1969-30.10.1972; IRAN from 30.10.1972
6-04 9.10.1975-7.6.1976; IRAN 9.10.1976-5.5.1977; delivery date 154°Gruppo 5.5.1977, 6-23 19.4.1979-30.6.1979; delivery date 132°Gruppo 30.6.1979, 3-24 07.1979-1.10.1980
IRAN 1.10.1980-4.8.1981; delivery date 132°Gruppo 4.8.1981, 3-21 20.11.1981-3.8.1984
8 till 17 May 1984 132 Gruppo, based at Villafranca exchanged with the Dutch Air Force 314 Squadron, based at Eindhoven AB, flying the NF-5; stored Villafranca 09.1984-8.7.1986
IRAN 30.9.1986-22.2.1988; delivery date 28°Gruppo 22.2.1988, 3-41 10.3.1988-14.8.1991; delivery date 20°Gruppo 2.12.1991, 4-51 12.1991-09.1992
withdrawn from use Grosseto 21.9.1992 with 3.972 flight hours; preserved Pratica di Mare April 30, 1995 as "RS-03" wearing markings of RSV 311°Gruppo
"RS-03" preserved Pratica di Mare on pole at Officers Mess April 2004; coded as "RS-03" September 2020 noted; April 2022 new painted with large code noted
June 2023 noted.

41°40'27.21"N 12°27'8.77"E

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