F-104S ASA "53-14" 21°Gruppo of 53°Stormo Cameri AB with "Tiger" head on intake at Pferdsfeld (ETSP) 1994

F-104S, construction number 783-1116, serial number MM6816, model 783, built by Aeritalia
delivery date AMI 26.4.1973; 36-16 XII Gruppo CIO of 36°Stormo Gioia del Colle 4.11.1974-22.7.1977
IRAN 22.7.1977-29.8.1978; delivery date 10°Gruppo CIO of 9°Stormo "Francesco Baracca" 25.9.1978
9-33 10.1978-14.3.1984; IRAN 14.3.1984-1.12.1984; delivery date 10°Gruppo 18.12.1984
delivery date RSV 9.4.1984, till 18.2.1986; delivery date 10°Gruppo 18.2.1986, 9-43 03.1986-14.6.1989
IRAN + F-104S ASA conversion 14.6.1989-25.9.1990; delivery date 21°Gruppo CIO of 53°Stormo 2.10.1990
53-14 10.1990-24.1.1995; IRAN 28.1.195-25.11.1996; respray in grey camouflage scheme
delivery date 10°Gruppo CIO of 9°Stormo "Francesco Baracca" 23.12.1996, 9-40 03.1997-26.9.1999
Aeroporto Militare Amendola (LIBA) Allied Force (guerra di liberazione del Kosovo dalla Serbia) from November 1998-April 1999
delivery date IX Gruppo CIO of 4°Stormo "Amedeo d'Aosta" 21.9.1999; 4-6 14.02.2000-22.6.2001, last flight 21.6.2001
withdrawn from use Grosseto with 4363 flight hours; dump 31.8.2001, stored at 4°RMV-platform Grosseto AB; Grazzanise dump 21.9.2004
2005 last noted; at Sigonella NAS on display in August 2008; 41 Stormo at Sigonella in March 2017 restoration started; August 2018 display on block
August 2022 noted; May 2023 last noted.

37°24'30.3"N 14°55'57.3"E

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