F-104G "9-25" 10°Gruppo of 9°Stormo CIO from Grazzanise AB 1972, zapped with JG 71 badge below the cockpit

F-104G, construction number 683D-6593, serial number MM6593, model 683-10-19, built by FIAT
delivery date AMI 17.6.1964; delivery date 102°Gruppo 22.6.1964, 5-20 06.1964-1.7.1966; delivery date 10°Gruppo 1.7.1966, 9-? 07.1966-26.4.1968; IRAN 26.4.1968-6.11.1968
delivery date 102°Gruppo 6.11.1968, 5-? 11.1968-6.4.1971; IRAN 6.4.1971-5.1.1972; delivery date 10°Gruppo at Grazzanise 5.1.1972, 9-05 01.1972-26.10.1973
exchange with JG 71 at Wittmundhafen 4. to 14. July 1972 coded 9-05; coded 9-25 on September 21, 1972; delivery date 3°Stormo 26.10.1973; IRAN 20.2.1975-19.12.1975
delivery date 3°Stormo 19.12.1975, 3-44 10.1976; 3-42 06.1977; 3-41 15.11.1977-4.4.1978
"Avon Express 1977" 15. till 26. November 1977 AMF (Allied Command Europe-Mobile Force) exercise at RAF Coningsby; IRAN 6.7.1979-15.2.1980
delivery date 28°Gruppo 15.2.1980, 3-34 27.10.1981-01.1984; 3-41 07.1984, 20-27 08.1984-04.1985; 4-45 04.1985-14.8.1985; IRAN 26.5.1985-18.1.1986
delivery date 132°Gruppo 18.1.1986, 3-05 06.1986-30.9.1989; "Ardent Ground" an AMF (Allied Command Europe - Mobile Force) exercise at Florennes April-Early May 1988
August 1989 MFG 1 (2nd Staffel), based at Schleswig Jagel, flying the Tornado IDS, exchanged with the Italian Air Force 132° Gruppo based at Villafranca
last flight 11.12.1989, total 3.739 flight hours; withdrawn from use 13.2.1990, stored Villafranca 1993; destroyed CFE in 1995, Villafranca dump 31.7.1997
tail/fuselage separated 2003 noted; dump Villafranca June 2006 noted.

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