F-104S.ASA "4-54" 20°Gruppo AMI in grey camouflage scheme siphoning fuel during take-off at RAF Fairford 1999 F-104S, construction number 783-1142, serial number MM6842, model 783, built by AeritaliaAeritalia 07.1973; 4-21 (06.1974) IX Gruppo CIO of 4°Stormo "Amedeo d'Aosta"; delivery date 102°Gruppo CBO of 5°Stormo "Giuseppe Cenni" 6.6.1974, 5-14 10.6.1974-20.6.1978 26 July till 4 August 1977 squadron exchange between GAF JaboG 31 (2nd Staffel), based at Norvenich AB, flying the F-104G and the Italian Air Force 102 Gruppo, based at Rimini AB flying the F-104S; 36-56 1.11.1979; 36-10 12.3.1985; converted to F-104S.ASA 7.9.1988 37-26 19.10.1988-3.8.1990 18°Gruppo CIO/CB of 37°Stormo "Cesare Toschi"; 51-22 (1996) 22°Gruppo CIO of 51°Stormo "Ferruccio Serafini" grey camouflage scheme 5-43 01.1997-12.7.1998 23°Gruppo CIO of 5°Stormo "Giuseppe Cenni"; 4-54 17.7.1998-6.9.2000 20°Gruppo Addestramento Operativo of 4°Stormo "Amedeo d'Aosta" Fairford July 17, 1999; withdrawn from use Cervia 11.12.2000; gate at Cervia as "5-01" 2.5.2001-4.7.2001, CFE 23.10.2001; restoration 25.5.2002 preserved as "5-30" June 30, 2002 at "Fallen Airmen Memorial" at Silla di Gaggio Montano, Porretta Terme, road to Vidiciatico, 50 km south of Bologna Monumento agli aviatori caduti Silla di Gaggio, Montano, Porretta Terme (Bologna) S.S. per Vidiciatico; November 2022 noted.
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