F-104S "5-31" 23°Gruppo of 5°Stormo landing at Aviano AB 1986

F-104S, construction number 1039, serial number MM6739, model 783, built by Aeritalia
production line 27.5.1970; delivery date AMI 29.9.1970; delivery date 36°Stormo 12.1970; delivery date 22°Gruppo 04.2.1971
51-16 02.1971-30.11.1972; IRAN from 30.11.1972; 36-13 04.11.1974 36°Stormo "Riccardo Seidl"; IRAN 23.6.1975-29.3.1976
4-6 05.1976 IX Gruppo CIO of 4°Stormo "Amedeo d'Aosta"; 4-10 IX Gruppo CIO of 4°Stormo "Amedeo d'Aosta" 21.4.1978-04.1980
GEV (Gruppo Efficienza Velivoli) February 1978; IRAN 26.6.1980-21.4.1981; 5-34 23°Gruppo of 5°Stormo 06.1981-09.1984
19 April 1984 Belgium Air Force 350 Smaldeel (1 Wing), based at Beauvechain rotated with the Italian Air Force 23°Gruppo flying the F-104S from Rimini
IRAN 11.7.1985-11.8.1986; 5-31 23.9.1986-29.4.1987; 53-16 21°Gruppo CIO of 53°Stormo "Guglielmo Chiarini" 21.6.1987-12.1987
delivery date 22°Gruppo CIO of 51°Stormo "Ferruccio Serafini" 29.12.1987, 51-02 22.2.1988-12.9.1990; IRAN + F-104S.ASA conversion till 30.4.1992
delivery date 22°Gruppo 30.4.1992, 51-01 05.1992-19.8.1997; Alenia for IRAN + F-104S.ASA-M conversion 19.8.1997-24.5.1999; grey camouflage scheme
delivery date 23°Gruppo 24.5.1999; 5-47 23°Gruppo CIO of 5°Stormo "Giuseppe Cenni" 30.7.1999-14.11.2002; at RAF Valley Photocall 07.6.2002
4-6 IX Gruppo CIO of 4°Stormo "Amedeo d'Aosta" 12.12.2002-12.12.2003; 9-33 wfu and stored Grazzanise AB CFE flightline 12.2.2004-27.10.2004
preserved as "6-154" vertically, next to an MB326 near the administration buildings at the Centro Operativo del Comando Operativo delle Forze Aeree
(COFA) or Combined Air Operations Center-5 of Allied Air Forces Southern Europe at Poggio Renatico (Ferrara) (Forli), 2009 noted; August 2022 noted.

44°47'34.2"N 11°29'30.6"E

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