F-104S "5-37" 23°Gruppo of 5°Stormo loaded with AIM-7F Sparrow and AIM-9L Sidewinder at Rimini 1977

F-104S, construction number 783-1036, serial number MM6736, model 783, built by Aeritalia
acceptance date AMI 26.8.1970; delivery date 22°Gruppo 07.2.1973; 51-23 22°Gruppo of 51°Stormo "Ferruccio Serafini" Istrana 04.73-02.5.1974
51-20 22°Gruppo damaged on May 2, 1974 with fumes from radar after lightning strike near San Dona' di Piave
to Aeritalia for repair 26.7.1974-10.1975; delivery date 23°Gruppo 22.10.1975; 5-37 23°Gruppo of 5°Stormo "Giuseppe Cenni" 15.1.1976-02.12.1978
IRAN till 20.12.1979; delivery date 10°Gruppo 20.12.1979; 9-43 10°Gruppo of 9°Stormo "Francesco Baracca" Grazzanise 12.1979-11.9.1984
IRAN 11.9.1984-24.5.1985; 4-5 9°Gruppo of 4°Stormo "Amedeo d'Aosta" Grosseto 08.7.1986-18.8.1988
delivery date 10°Gruppo 18.8.1988, 9-46 10°Gruppo of 9°Stormo Grazzanise 14.12.1988-09.5.1989
delivery date 22°Gruppo 09.5.1989; 51-22 22.5.1989-22.9.1989; IRAN + F-104S.ASA conversion from 22.9.1989 till 11.2.1991
delivery date 4-20 9°Gruppo 04.1991; crashed April 23, 1991 after engine failure near Massa Maritime, pilot ejected safely.

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