F-104G 4-5 (MM6505) during a functional test 1963, observe the white upper "anti radiation" fuselage painting

F-104G, construction number 683D-6505, serial number MM6505, model 683-10-19, built by FIAT
delivery date 9°Gruppo 20.3.1963 (first aircraft constructed from Italian parts); 4-5 Reparto Volo 4 Aerobrigata CIO Grosseto AB assigned 01.06.1963 white allu color scheme
6-01 154°Gruppo CB of 6°Stormo CBOS Ghedi AB assigned 16.06.1963, respray in camouflage color scheme
5-01 102°Gruppo CB of 5°Stormo Caccia "Giuseppe Cenni" Rimini-Miramare AB delivery date 20.4.67; 5-01 05.1967-17.9.1968
IRAN 17.9.1968-4.6.1969; delivery date 21°Gruppo 4.6.1969, 53-??; delivery date 154°Gruppo 5.8.1969, 6-?? till 8.3.1972; IRAN 8.3.1972-30.10.1972
delivery date 102°Gruppo 30.10.1972, 5-10 11.1972-4.2.1974; delivery date 18°Gruppo CR Reparto Volo of 3 Aerobrigata CR Villafranca AB 4.2.1974
3-48 132°Gruppo CR (second 18°Gruppo F-104G) 7.8.1975-11.11.1975; IRAN 11.11.1975-8.3.1977
delivery date 3°Stormo 8.3.1977, 3-43 28°Gruppo CR 04.1977; 3-23 132°Gruppo CR of 3°Stormo Villafranca AB 10.4.1979
IRAN 29.8.1980-20.7.1981; 3-05 132°Gruppo 10.1982-21.6.1985, withdrawn from use Villafranca 7.9.1985 with 3.734 flight hours
CFE 28.2.1986; Alenia aircraft light blue 1988-93; Grosseto 4-1 4° Reparto Manutenzione Velivoli Grosseto AB 5.6.1994-10.4.2001
grey camouflage scheme 9.5.2002-17.7.2003; 4.10.2003 converted F-104S-ASA mock up, preserved as exhibition-object,
marked as "F-104S" with fake stabilizers, "40 Anni di Manutenzione" of 4°RMV; "240.300 Ore di volo prodotte" of 4th Maintanence Gruppo
(RMV) 40th anniversary; preserved at 4°RMV with all badges of all units, 240.300 hours, as well 100th anniversary of powered flight; 2003; special blue/stars markings, April 2008 noted
stored inside the old 20°Gruppo hangar Grosseto AB, April 2008; August 2022 noted.

In 1963 some early F-104G were painted in white (upper wings and fuselage), soon this scheme was replaced and only the upper wing was painted in white.

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