F-104S "4-2" 9°Gruppo of 4°Stormo Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Italian Air Force) Grosseto AB at Wattisham, UK 1984

F-104S, construction number 783-1022, serial number MM6722, model 783, built by Aeritalia at Turin-Caselle
delivery date AMI 31.3.1970; 21°Gruppo 4-7 1975; IRAN till 2.9.1975; delivery date 23°Gruppo 2.9.1975, 5-31 10.9.1975-08.1979
IRAN 29.10.1979-30.6.1980; delivery date 9°Gruppo 30.6.1980, 4-10 10.1980-27.7.1984; IRAN 19.12.1984-18.9.1985
delivery date 21°Gruppo 18.9.1985, 53-10 25.9.1985; 53-11 12.1985-21.10.1989; IRAN + F-104S.ASA conversion from 24.11.1989-24.4.1991
delivery date 23°Gruppo 24.4.1991, 5-45 06.1991-15.10.1993; 5-31 8.4.1994; 5-45 07.1994-17.5.1997
IRAN + F-104S.ASA-M conversion 28.7.1997-21.12.1998, respray in grey camouflage scheme
delivery date 18°Gruppo 21.12.1998; 37-30 30.3.1999-23.6.1999; delivery date 10°Gruppo 1.7.1999, 9-35 25.8.1999-27.1.2000
delivery date 23°Gruppo 27.1.2000, 5-31 23.2.2000-01.2003; on load to RSV 2.9.2002-3.2.2003
withdrawn from use Grazzanise 4.4.2003 with 4.866 flight hours; CFE 12.11.2004
preserved Lecce as Gate Guard coded "9-19" with fake serial "MM6939" on July 30, 2005 first noted; September 2023 noted.

40°14'29.36"N 18° 8'32.62"E

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