F-104G "3-43" AMI 28°Gruppo of 3°Stormo from Villafranca over Northern Germany during rotation with JaboG 41 at Husum AB 1988

F-104G, construction number 683D-6563, serial number MM6563, model 683-10-19, built by FIAT
delivery date AMI 22.1.1964; 4-35 IX Gruppo Caccia Intercettori Ognitempo of 4°Stormo "Amedeo d'Aosta" 04.1964-22.7.1966
September 1965 rotation with Dutch Air Force 323 squadron based at Leeuwarden AFB; IRAN 22.7.1966-14.3.1967
delivery date 21°Gruppo Caccia Intercettori Ognitempo of 53°Stormo "Guglielmo Chiarini" 14.3.1967, 53-20 30.5.1967-24.10.1969
IRAN 24.10.1969-26.6.1070; delivery date 21°Gruppo 26.6.1970, 53-07 13.6.1971-28.6.1971
June 1971 exchange between 21°Gruppo, based at Cameri AB and the Dutch Air Force 323 Squadron based at Leeuwarden AB
Tiger Meet at Upper Heyford, UK 14 till 19 June 1971; delivery date 102°Gruppo 28.6.1971, 5-?? 07.1971-17.9.1971
delivery date 154°Gruppo 17.9.1971, 6-?? till 13.11.1972; IRAN 13.11.1972-12.9.1973
delivery date 102°Gruppo 12.9.1973, 5-?? 09.1973-15.7.1974; delivery date 18°Gruppo of 3°Stormo 15.7.1974
Aeritalia for modification 11.9.1974; 3-09 132°Gruppo Caccia Bombardieri Ricognitori of 3°Stormo 20.9.1974-13.8.1976
IRAN 13.1.1977-20.12.1977; delivery date 154°Gr 20.12.1977, 6-?? 25.5.1978-31.1.1979
delivery date 28°Gruppo CRO of 3°Stormo "Carlo Emanuele Buscaglia" 31.1.1979, 3-46 03.1980-01.1981; IRAN 12.3.1981-10.3.1982
delivery date 132°Gruppo Caccia Bombardieri Ricognitori of 3°Stormo 10.3.1982, 3-16 11.1982-20.2.1986
May 1984 132°Gruppo, based at Villafranca exchanged with the Dutch Air Force 314 Squadron, based at Eindhoven AB
IRAN 20.2.1986-26.11.1986; delivery date 28°Gruppo 26.11.1986, 3-43 18.8.1987-7.8.1991
August 1988 28°Gruppo based at Villafrance AB exchanged with German Air Force JaboG 41 at Husum flying the Alpha Jet
June 1989 rotation with Royal Air Force 27 Squadron at Marham, flying the Tornado GR.1; last flight 5.10.1990, storage 23.9.1991
withdrawn from use 7.12.1992 with 4.000 flight hours, Villafranca dump 31.7.1997-07.2003 (CFE 1995); dump Villafranca AB, tail/fuselage separated June 2003; January 2014 noted.

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