F-104S.ASA "51-07" 22°Gruppo of 51°Stormo Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Italian Air Force) 1985

F-104S, construction number 783-1058, serial number MM6758, model 783, built by Aeritalia
production line 16.12.1970; delivery date AMI 4.8.1971; 36-35 36 Stormo 156°Gruppo 1972-1975; IRAN 4.8.1976-24.5.1977; delivery date 22°Gruppo 8.6.1977, uncoded 06.1977-07.1977
delivery date 155°Gruppo 7.7.1977, 51-40 08.1977-8.9.1981; 2. IRAN 8.9.1981-3.11.1982 with 1587 flight hours; delivery date 155°Gruppo 23.11.1982, 51-51 18.2.1983-8.11.1984
delivery date 22°Gruppo 8.11.1984; 51-07 16.12.1984-16.12.1985; IRAN + F-104S.ASA conversion at Aeritalia from 16.12.1985 with 2.224 flight hours
converted ASA 2nd ASA prototype; with RSV 3.7.1987-24.6.1988 coded "51-07" with 311°Gruppo for OT&E (Operational Test and Evaluation) of ASA version; with "X2" test code on the rudder
3. IRAN at Aeritalia 24.6.1988-14.12.1989; delivery date 21°Gruppo of 53 Stormo 18.12.1989, 53-10 04.1990-13.6.1993
4-22 9 Gruppo of 4 Stormo 25.6.1993 with 2.955 flight hours 25.6.1993-9.5.1994, last flight to Rimini 9.10.1995 with 3.191 flight hours, withdrawn from use 22.2.1996
dump Cervia for CFE 5.4.2001, 4-22 stored Cervia without wings and tail; 2001 last noted; Bentivoglio scrap 18.7.2003 (nose of MM6788 & tail of MM6744) [special color marks 100.000 hours])
preserved in a garden along a road not far from Valle Sponda, East of Lecco, (Lago di Como), Northern Italy, 28.8.2008 first noted; August 2019 noted
March 2023 preserved in his warehouse owned by Silvano Bettineschi.

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