F-104S "51-05" 22°Gruppo of 51°Stormo during rotation with JaboG 34 in 1983

F-104S, construction number 783-1003, serial number MM6703, model 783, built by Aeritalia
production line 30.12.1968; delivery date AMI 29.5.1969; Cameri 5.6.1969
delivery date 22°Gruppo as 51-20 9.6.1969; 51-01 22 Gruppo at Istrana 20.9.1969-10.1.1974; IRAN 10.1.1974-5.6.1974
36-01 05.1975-07.1978; IRAN 17.7.1978-28.5.1979; delivery date 22°Gruppo 18.6.1979, 51-05 07.1979-8.5.1984
12 till 21 July 1983 rotation with German Air Force JaboG 34 at Memmingen; IRAN 8.5.1984; 36-05 04.1986-20.4.1989
IRAN + F-104S.ASA conversion 25.5.1989-2.8.1990; delivery date 22°Gruppo 10.8.1990, 51-23 10.8.1990-14.12.1994
IRAN 15.12.1994-8.8.1996; grey camouflage scheme; delivery date 22°Gruppo 8.8.1996, 51-01 23.8.1996, heavy nose gear damaged 1998
withdrawn from use 30.8.1999; BDRT Ghedi 15.5.2000-26.6.2002, dump Cervia 19.3.2004-12.7.2005; Cervia AB cut-up July 12, 2005 last noted
MM6703 displayed on pole Ghedi Air Base August 1, 2006, representing an old F-104G "MM6525" from 154°Gruppo of 6°Stormo with serial "6-21",
they even removed the typical F-104S fins to make it look like a real F-104G; preserved within 154°Gruppo area at Ghedi AB; July 2023 noted.

45°26'47.40"N 10°15'46.36"E

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