F-104S "5-25" 102°Gruppo of 5°Stormo landing at Twenthe AB 1986

F-104S, construction number 783-1092, serial number MM6792, model 783, built by Aeritalia
production line 8.6.1972; 36-42 08.1973-2.7.1975; 5-15 05.1979-04.1985; 5-25 21.10.1986-01.1987
October 1986 102 Gruppo based at Rimini squadron exchange with Dutch Air Force 306 squadron, flying the F-16, based at Volkel AB
converted F-104S.ASA; 37-22 06.1988-06.1990; IRAN 6.9.1991; 21 102°Gruppo 08.1992; 5-21 19.4.1993-15.10.1993
withdrawn from use Rimini 27.8.1998; dump Cervia for CFE 5.4.2001, 5-21 Cervia without wings 2001 noted
Bentivoglio scrap 07.2003 (nose of MM6836, tail of MM6792), May 23 2008 last noted
2012 or 2013 "5-21" preserved in the Lazio district inside the garden of a villa, bought by a women as a retirement present for her husband who was a military and civilian pilot
likely it arrived in 2012 or 2013; June 2016 noted; it is located Via di Gricciano at Cerveteri (RM) (nose section belongs to MM6836); July 2023 noted.

42° 0'53.90"N 12° 4'56.90"E

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