F-104S.ASA "53-11" 21°Gruppo of 53°Stormo over Isola Bella (Lago Maggiore) 1996

F-104S, construction number 783-1122, serial number MM6822, model 783, built by Aeritalia
first noted 06.1973; delivery date 23 Gruppo 5 Stormo at Rimini 29.10.1973, 5-34 30.10.1973-16.11.1977
November 1977 squadron exchange at Royal Air Force 5 squadron, based at Binbrook flying the Lightning; IRAN till 30-11.1978
delivery date IX Gruppo CIO 4 Stormo "Amedeo d'Aosta" 8.1.1979, 4-1 4.9.1979-08.1982
September 1979 squadron exchange took place between the Dutch Air Force composite 645 Squadron (322 + 323 Squadron) at Leeuwarden AB flying the F-104G and 9 Gruppo
IRAN 18.7.1983-25.5.1984; delivery date XII Gruppo CIO 36 Stormo "Riccardo H. Seidl" 25.5.1984, 36-01 9.4.1985-8.12.1988
April 1985 12 Gruppo based at Gioia del Colle AB, flying the F-104S exchanged with Royal Air Force 56 Squadron at Wattisham AB and flying the Phantom FGR.2
"Ample Gain" meeting at Wittmundhafen AB 26.September 1986
July 1987 12 Gruppo exchanged with Royal Air Force 92 Squadron at Wildenrath flying the Phantom FGR.2; IRAN + F-104S.ASA conversion 25.7.1988-2.12.1989
delivery date 21 Gruppo Caccia Intercettori Ognitempo 53 Stormo 21.12.1989, 53-12 01.1990, Aeritalia for R3 repair 14.11.1990-30.4.1992
delivery date X Gruppo Caccia Intercettori Ognitempo 9 Stormo 30.4.1992, 9-41 25.8.1992-9.8.1994; IRAN 15.12.1994-20.7.1995
delivery date 21 Gruppo Caccia Intercettori Ognitempo 53 Stormo 28.8.1995, 53-11 25.9.1995-27.9.1996; 53-11 Tiger Meet at Beja, Portugal (BA11) (LPBJ) May 1996
delivery date X Gruppo Caccia Intercettori Ognitempo 9 Stormo 31.9.1996, 9-30 28.3.1998-15.9.1999; March until July 1999 deployment at Amendola AB
delivery date 20 Gruppo Addestramento Operativo 4 Stormo 21:9.1999, 4-51 25.9.1999-16.5.2000; last flight to Grazzanise 4.3.2001, withdrawn from use with 4.233 flight hours 6.3.2001-25.5.2007
MM6822 "no code" preserved in front of the Civil Airport building coded as "MM6923" at Grosseto in a light grey color scheme since April 2008; August 16, 2012 noted; August 2022 noted.

42°45'50.86"N 11° 4'53.20"E

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