F-104S.ASA MM6737 23°Gruppo of 5°Stormo "20 anni di F-104" and "75 anni" of 23°Gruppo 1918-1993 in December 1993

F-104S, construction number 783-1037, serial number MM6737, model 783, built by Aeritalia
production line 28.4.70; delivery date AMI 28.8.1970; 4-12 IX Gruppo CIO of 4°Stormo "Amedeo d'Aosta"; 4-8 IX Gruppo
delivery date 22°Gruppo of 51°Stormo "Ferruccio Serafini"4.8.1972, 51-07 08.72-12.7.74; IRAN 12.7.74-14.2.75
53-11 21°Gruppo Caccia Intercettori Ognitempo of 53°Stormo "Guglielmo Chiarini" 19.8.75-11.3.79
IRAN 11.3.79-31.3.80; delivery date 22°Gruppo 18.4.80, 51-16 22°Gruppo CIO of 51°Stormo 51-16 14.1.81-6.9.84; delivery date 311°Gruppo 6.9.84; IRAN till 19.12.85
delivery date X Gruppo CIO of 9°Stormo "Francesco Baracca" 19.12.85, 9-33 01.86-17.9.89; delivery date 21°Gruppo 17.9.89, 53-21 10.89-22.8.90; delivery date 10°Gruppo 22.8.90
IRAN + F-104S.ASA conversion from 9.10.1990 to 28.05.1992; 5-43 23°Gruppo CIO of 5°Stormo Caccia "Giuseppe Cenni" 08.92-26.9.96
Special colors mid December 1993 (only four days) (code 5-43 not painted); "20 Anniversary F-104" and "75 anno" of 23°Gruppo 1918-1993
Alenia for IRAN + F-104S.ASA-M conversion 8.7.1997-22.3.1999; grey camouflage scheme; delivery date 23°Gruppo of 5°Stormo "Giuseppe Cenni" 22.3.99, 5-46 10.3.1999-10.10.2002
9-43 withdrawn from use Grazzanise (CFE) 7.4.2003; stord 10.10.2005 noted; F-104S.ASA-M MM6737 "9-51" preserved in Vairano Scalo at the ISISS G. (ITIS) Marconi
July 1, 2008 first noted (it has CFE-plate from MM6879); June 2010 noted; September 2019 noted; for restauration at Grazzanise in 2020
restoration at Grazzanise October 22, 2022 last noted; at Volandia Museo del Volo and officially added to the collection on Friday March 10, 2023;June 2024 noted.

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