F-104S "4-2" 10°Gruppo of 4°Stormo ready for formation Take-off at Grosseto AB in August 1976

F-104S, construction number 783-1075, serial number MM6775, model 783, built by Aeritalia
production line 19.10.1971; delivery date AMI 26.4.1972; delivery date IX Gruppo Caccia Intercettori Ognitempo 4°Stormo 16.5.1972, 4-14; 4-2 06.1976; IRAN 31.8.1976-28.6.1977
delivery date 22°Gruppo 7.7.1977, 51-06 08.1977-13.11.1981; IRAN 13.11.1981-24.9.1982; delivery date 23°Gruppo 5.10.1982, 5-30 25.10.1982-18.12.1986
IRAN + F-104S.ASA conversion 18.12.1986-22.4.1988; delivery date 9°Gruppo 23.4.1988, 4-3 19.6.1988-9.11.1990; delivery date 22°Gruppo 9.11.1990, 51-01 27.11.1990-19.2.1992
IRAN 19.2.1992-1.7.1994; delivery date  10°Gruppo 7.7.1994, 9-50 21.7.1994-19.6.1998; Alenia for IRAN + F-104S.ASA-M conversion 19.6.1998-10.11.1999
grey camouflage scheme; delivery date 18°Gruppo 18.11.1999; 37-10 10.12.1999-8.9.2000, crashed Castelvetrano October 5, 2000 with 4480 flight hours.
37-10 18°Gruppo crashed October 5, 2000 at 14:42 hours near Castelvetrano, Sicily, some 20 kilometres east of Mazara del Vallo with engine malfunction.
The Starfighter was part of a four ship formation flying from Trápani, when the engine malfunctioned; pilot ejected safely, one person on the ground was killed by debris, written off.
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