F-104S.ASA "5-14" 102°Gruppo of 5°Stormo Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Italian Air Force) Rimini 1977, zapped with JaboG 31 patch

F-104S, construction number 783-1142, serial number MM6842, model 783, built by Aeritalia
Aeritalia 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 the German Air Force 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 Gruppo Addestramento Operativo 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Fairford July 17, 1999, withdrawn from use Cervia 11.12.2000; gate at Cervia as "5-01" 2.5.2001-4.7.2001, CFE 23.10.2001; restoration 25.5.2002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, 50 km south of Bologna (Silla di Gaggio Montano, Porretta Terme S.S. per Vidiciatico)
June 2020 noted (weathered).

44°10'55.39"N 10°58'30.32"E

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