F-104S "5-26" of 5°Stormo at Kleine-Brogel AB in August 1988

F-104S, construction number 783-1148, serial number MM6848, model 783, built Aeritalia at Turin-Caselle
Aeritalia manufactured 07.1973; AMI delivery date 11.07.1974; delivery date 102°Gruppo 13.8.1974; 5-21 08.1974 102 Gruppo Caccia Bombardieri Ognitempo 5 Stormo
coded 5-10 in August 1975 102 Gruppo Caccia Bombardieri Ognitempo 5 Stormo; RS-04 27.7.1977-31.7.1985 311 Gruppo Reparto Sperimentale Volo
delivery date 102°Gruppo 31.7.1985; 5-26 08.1985-3.6.1987 102 Gruppo Caccia Bombardieri Ognitempo 5 Stormo, 37-03 delivery Trapani 09.9.1987, 09.1987-03.3.1989
delivery LIRS 22.9.1989, but kept serial 37-03 till March 1989 and became 4-48, first noted 21.3.1989 20 Gruppo Addestramento Operativo 4 Stormo
on loan to Cameri 21 Gruppo 23.10.1989 till 04.12.1989 coded as 4-48; to Caselle for IRAN and F-104S.ASA conversion 04.12.1989-27.9.1991
delivery date 21°Gr 27.9.1991, 53-04 7.12.1993-26.1.1996 21 Gruppo CIO 53 Stormo "Guglielmo Chiarini"; 53-04 (10.1994) 21 Gruppo Tigered tail at Pferdsfeld ETSP)
53-04 (11.1995) 21 Gruppo Tigered tail at Florennes (EBFS); F-104S.ASA-M conversion 26.1.1996- 11.12.1997; respray in grey camo scheme
delivery date 23°Gruppo 5 Stormo 18.12.1997; 5-46 30.2.1998-12.1.1999; delivery date 10°Gruppo 12.1.1999; 9-46 02.1999-6.9.2000; on load to RSV from 12.08.1999
4-52 12.3.2001- 9.5.2002 20 Gruppo Addestramento Operativo 4 Stormo; last flight 11.4.2002 with 2.255 flight hours and withdrawn from use at 4 RMV at Grosseto AB
maintenance area Cervia AB July 2003 for CFE; Cervia AB cut-up July 12.2005 last noted; Grazzanise storage 2006/2007 noted; no code (4-1) preserved on pole "Università di Modena"
October 8, 2008 first noted; center area of the faculty of engineering, university of Modena October 3, 2010 noted; coded "4-1" August 2012 noted; August 2021 noted; June 2023 noted.

44°37'45.18"N 10°56'55.87"E

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