F-104G "3-42" 28°Gruppo of 3°Stormo taking off at Decimomannu AB, Sardinia for a "Frasca Range" mission 1986

F-104G, construction number 683D-6579, serial number MM6579, model 683-10-19, built by FIAT at Turin-Caselle
delivery date AMI 6.5.1964; delivery date 102°Gruppo 13.5.1964, 5-?? 15.5.1964-14.7.1964
delivery date 9°Gruppo 15.7.1964; 4-1 07.1964-18.1.1967; IRAN 18.1.1967-1.8.198; delivery date RSV 1.8.1968
on loan 21°Gruppo 1969/1970; IRAN till 2.10.1972; delivery date 10°Gruppo 2.10.1972, 9-? 10.1972-13.4.1973
delivery date 154°Gruppo 13.4.1973, 6-?? 05.1973-2.5.1975; IRAN 2.5.1975-2.5.1977
delivery date 3°AB 2.5.1977, 3-06 06.1977-1.8.79; 3-36 03.1980-11.7.1980; IRAN 11.7.1980-6.4.1981
delivery date 132°Gruppo of 3°Stormo Villafranca 6.4.1981, 3-01 11.1981-03.1985; IRAN 12.3.1985-7.1.1986
delivery date 28°Gruppo 7.1.1986, 3-42 12.2.1986-30.9.1989; special color scheme "La Strega" for 28°Gruppo 3°Stormo
Villafranca 10.11.1989-10.12.1989, withdrawn from use 13.12.1989 with 2.834 flight hours
1964-1993 "75th anny of 28 Gruppo" preserved in magnificent "La Strega" colors preserved Villafranca at 4° Raduno (meeting) 2000 noted; September 2012 noted; June 2023 noted.

45°23'5.52"N 10°52'43.71"E

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