TF-104G "4-45" (AMI serial number MM54555) 20°Gruppo of 4°Stormo at Rimini AB 1992

TF-104G, construction number 583D-5739, company model 583-10-20, US serial number 61-3068, AMI serial number MM54555, built by Lockheed

manufactured by Group USA (ARGE-USA); test flight release May 14, 1963; first flight 1963 coded with US serial number "61-3068"; to Germany coded KE+239
acceptance date June 25, 1963 by BABwLockheed with 9:25 flight hours; airlifted to Germany July 15, 1963 with a Canadair CL-44D airfreighter of the "Flying Tiger Line" coded DA+068
Messerschmitt test flight on September 26, 1963; camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order "TA-196" TA+162
MFG 1 at Schleswig-Jagel AB delivery date on February 26, 1964 at Schleswig-Jagel AB; heavily damaged 1964 during maintenance work after unintentional landing gear cycling,
repaired by Messerschmitt and back to MFG 1 on January 4, 1966; 27+37 Navy camouflage scheme "Norm 76" according tech order "TA-196-3" in 1970
WaSLw 10 at Jever AB on November 10, 1972; JaboG 34 on January 9, 1980; withdrawn from use and stored at LwSchleuse 11 on April 22, 1981; struck off charge order (AVA) July 13, 1983
flown to Grosseto August 23, 1984 with 2.019 flight hours; acceptance by AMI October 1, 1987 with AMI serial number MM54555; IRAN 1.10.1987-27.3.1991
TF-104G coded "4-45" of 20°Gruppo 1991; delivery date 20°Gruppo 27.3.1991, 4-45 16.4.1991-05.1995; to Alenia for IRAN + TF-104G-M conversion 12.4.1995-20.7.1998
delivery date with "M" modification July 20, 1998 with grey camouflage; delivery date 20°Gruppo 20.7.1998; 4-45 17.9.1998-06.2003, stored 2.11.1999-16.2.2001
withdrawn from use August 13, 2003; last flight to Grazzanise 12.8.2003 with 2.947 flight hours; CFE compound Grazzanise AB in September 2003
Grazzanise AB storage June 2010; June 2010 noted; scrapped.

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