F-104S "37-54" 18°Gruppo of 37°Stormo 1985

F-104S, construction number 783-1209, serial number MM6909, model 783, built by Aeritalia
accepted by AMI April 13, 1977; 36-38 04.1978-05.1980 156°Gruppo Caccia Bombardieri of 36°Stormo
36-51 July 1980 156°Gruppo Caccia Bombardieri of 36°Stormo "Riccardo Seidl"; 36-54 03.1982-08.1984; NODA 54 08.1984-10.1984
37-54 3.11.1984 5.7.1985 18°Gruppo Caccia Bombardieri of 37°Stormo "Cesare Toschi"; F-104S.ASA modification completed on April 11, 1988
37-23 26.4.1988-5.9.1989 18°Gruppo Caccia Bombardieri of 37°Stormo "Cesare Toschi"; 37-23 28.6.1991- 4.1993 2 tone grey experimental scheme
37-23 01.1994 grey camo scheme; withdrawn from use February 22, 1999; stored Rimini 10.9.1999-10.2000; 37-23 dump Cervia for CFE (fuselage only) April 2001
37-23 Bentivoglio scrapyard, Via della Bufalotta, Roma 07.2003 (tail of MM6946, nose of MM6792); May 23 2008 noted; September 2012 noted
preserved as display on pole with the Fond Stamp metal company at Rocca de Baldi, (CN) January 2017 first noted; August 2024 noted.

44°25'38.13"N 7°43'49.54"E

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