F-104S "5-40" 23°Gruppo of 5°Stormo at Decimomannu AB 1987

F-104S, construction number 783-1170, serial number MM6870, model 783, built by Aeritalia
delivery date 23 Gruppo CIO 5 Stormo Caccia "Giuseppe Cenni" 27.8.1975, 5-32 09.1975-08.1979; 4-4 IX Gruppo CIO 4 Stormo "Amedeo d'Aosta" 10.1980-02.1983
5-40 1.12.1986-10.11.1987; delivery date 21°Gruppo 12.1.1988, 53-03 21 Gruppo CIO 53 Stormo "Guglielmo Chiarini" 03.1988-2.10.1989
IRAN + F-104S.ASA conversionn 6.9.1991-10.4.1992; delivery date 18°Gruppo 14.4.1992, 37-03 09.1992
delivery date 22 Gruppo CIO 51 Stormo "Ferruccio Serafini" 7.9.1992, 51-04 1.10.1992-21.7.1997; IRAN + F-104S.ASA-M conversion 21.4.1997-29.3.1999; grey camouflage scheme
delivery date 23 Gruppo CIO 5 Stormo "Giuseppe Cenni" 29.3.1999; 5-45 29.4.1999-11.10.2001, damaged Cervia 12.2001, repaired and again in service 03.2002-27.12.2002
RAF Valley Photocall June 7, 2002, emergency landing on June 10, 2002 by Capt. Luca Lautizi; on loan 10°Gruppo 7.10.2002-31.10.2002: last flight 27.12.2002
withdrawn from use Cervia 13.1.2003-7.5.2003; stored Cervia AB for CFE cut up; stored Rimini for transfer 06.2003
preserved Kosice, Slovacchia 10.9.2003; display in "Slovenes Technique Muzeum" at Kosice (Barcia), Slovakia (KSC), place in hangar in Muzeum Kosice; September 2003 noted
August 2015 noted; August 2022 last noted.

48°40'05.6"N 21°14'08.3"E

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