F-104S.ASA "37-01" 18°Gruppo of 37°Stormo blasting off

F-104S, construction number 783-1098, serial number MM6798, model 783, built by Aeritalia at Turin-Caselle
production line 1.9.1972; delivery date AMI 2.11.1972; delivery date 156°Gruppo at Gioia Del Colle 21.11.1972, 36-40 23.9.1975-21.11.1975
September 1975 squadron exchange with Klu 316 Squadron based at Gilze Rijen, flying the NF-5; IRAN 24.2.1977-15.3.1978
delivery date 155°Gruppo 3.4.1978, 51-52 155°Gruppo of 51°Stormo 24.4.1978-15.5.1981; stored Istrana 11.1984; IRAN 13.11.1985-20.6.1986
delivery date 102°Gruppo of 5°Stormo 3.7.1986, 5-16 16.9.1986-16.9.1988; October 1986 exchange with Klu 306 Squadron, flying the F-16, based at Volkel AB
RS-08 18.4.1990-3.9.1990; IRAN + F-104S.ASA conversion 25.3.1991-21.4.1993; delivery date 18°Gruppo 11.5.1993, 37-01 06.1993-10.11.1995
"Ample Train" flight to Örland AB 29.May till 2.June 1995; withdrawn from use Trapani 15.11.1995, decoy at Trapani Air Base 24.12.1997-12.3.2003
dump Trapani AB April 2005 last noted
Museo Militare di Marsala, Marsala city, south of Trapani June 7, 2013 first noted, April 2016 at final preserval location noted; 37-01 no restoration noted in 2017; October 2022 noted.

37°47'57.5"N 12°26'51.7"E

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