F-104S.ASA "5-37" 23°Gruppo of 5°Stormo Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Italian Air Force) 1996

F-104S, construction number 783-1062, serial number MM6762, model 783, built by Aeritalia
production line 28.4.1970; delivery date AMI 28.8.1970; 4-12 IX Gruppo CIO 4 Stormo "Amedeo d'Aosta"; 4-8 IX Gruppo delivery date 22°Gruppo 51 Stormo "Ferruccio Serafini" 4.8.1972
51-07 08.1972-12.7.1974; IRAN 12.7.1974-14.2.1975; 53-11 21 Gruppo Caccia Intercettori Ognitempo 53 Stormo "Guglielmo Chiarini" 19.8.1975-11.3.1979; IRAN 11.3.1979-31.3.1980
delivery date 22°Gruppo 18.4.1980, 51-16 22 Gruppo CIO 51 Stormo 51 14.1.1981-6.9.1984; delivery date 311°Gruppo 6.9.1984; IRAN till 19.12.1985
delivery date X Gruppo CIO 9 Stormo "Francesco Baracca" 19.12.1985, 9-33 01.1986-17.9.1989; at Ramstein August 10, 1986; delivery date 21°Gruppo 17.9.1989, 53-21 10.1989-22.8.1990
delivery date 10°Gruppo 22.8.1990; IRAN + F-104S.ASA conversionn from 9.10.1990 to 28.05.1992; 5-43 23 Gruppo CIO 5 Stormo Caccia "Giuseppe Cenni" 08.1992-26.9.1996
Special colors mid December 1993 (only four days) (code 5-43 not painted) "20 Anniversary F-104" and "75 anno" of 23°Gruppo 1918-1993
Alenia for IRAN + F-104S.ASA-M conversion 8.7.1997-22.3.1999; grey camouflage scheme; delivery date 23 Gruppo 5 Stormo "Giuseppe Cenni" 22.3.1999; 5-46 10.3.1999-10.10.2002
9-43 withdrawn from use Grazzanise with 5.427 flying hours June 7, 2003; official CFE date September 30, 2004; 10.10.2005 noted
F-104S MM6737 "9-51" preserved in Vairano Scalo at the ISISS G. (ITIS) Marconi; July 2006 first noted (it has CFE-plate from MM6879); June 2019 last noted
for restoration at Grazzanise in 2020; restoration at Grazzanise October 22, 2022 last noted; "9-51" at Volandia Museo del Volo and officially added to the collection on Friday March 10, 2023.

45°37'50.47"N 8°42'23.31"E.

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