F-104S.ASA "51-14" 22°Gruppo of 51°Stormo "Ferruccio Serafini" from Istrana AB landing at Hopsten AB 1998

F-104S, construction number 783-1081, serial number MM6781, model 783, built by Aeritalia at Turin-Caselle
delivery date AMI 19.5.1972; 50-01 155°Gruppo CBOS of 50°Stormo "Giorgio Graffer" at Piacenza AB (San Damiano) 22.5.1972-12.10.1973
delivery date 51°Stormo 12.10.1973, 51-31 155°Gruppo of 51°Stormo Istrana AB 01.1974-20.2.1976; delivery date to IRAN 2022.5.1972.2.1976
5-13 102°Gruppo CBOS of 5°Stormo "Giuseppe Cenni" 26.7.1977-05.1979; 5-05 102°Gruppo CBOS 5°Stormo 30.1.1980-10.1980; 5-06 06.1981
37-42 18°Gruppo CI/CB of 37°Stormo "Cesare Toschi" 28.3.1985-5.7.1985; converted to F-104S.ASA 1986 until 14.3.1988
5-24 102°Gruppo CBOS of 5°Stormo 14.4.1988-05.1988; 37-20 18°Gruppo CI/CB of 37°Stormo 08.1988-19.10.1988
18°Gruppo [1939-1989 Cinquantenario 37°Stormo] commemorative paint scheme for the 50th anniversary of the 37°Stormo Trapani 21.April 1989
5-06 102°Gruppo CBOS of 5°Stormo 20.5.1991-12.1992; Alenia for IRAN delivered out 08.1994
delivery date 22°Gruppo CIO of 51°Stormo Istrana AB 12.8.1994, 51-14 08.1994-29.9.1998
delivery date 9°Gruppo CIO of 4°Stormo Grosseto AB 10.1998, 4-2 11.1998-12.1998; withdrawn from use at Cervia AB 10.8.1999
stored Cervia AB near CM 5 for spare parts; Cervia AB for CFE cut up 18.10.2001; 4-2 Bentivoglio scrap yard Roma 02.2004
"5-31" preserved at the Avio Superficie "Guido Paci" in Montegioirgio Piane, Ancona on concrete blocks, seen May 21, 2006,
grey camouflage scheme; September 2016 last noted; transported to Army missile site Base Tuono, Folgaria in May 2017 for display; May 2023 noted.

45°52'12.25"N 11°13'39.79"E

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