F-104S "9-33" 10°Gruppo of 9°Stormo Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Italian Air Force) Grosseto AB at Wattisham, UK 1984

F-104S, construction number 783-1037, serial number MM6737, model 783, built by Aeritalia
production line 28.4.1970; 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 08.1972-12.7.1974; IRAN 12.7.1974-14.2.1975
53-11 21°Gruppo Caccia Intercettori Ognitempo of 53°Stormo "Guglielmo Chiarini" 19.8.1975-11.3.1979
IRAN 11.3.1979-31.3.1980; delivery date 22°Gruppo 18.4.1980, 51-16 22°Gruppo CIO of 51°Stormo 51-16 14.1.1981-6.9.1984
delivery date 311°Gruppo 6.9.1984; IRAN till 19.12.1985; delivery date X Gruppo CIO of 9°Stormo "Francesco Baracca" 19.12.1985, 9-33 01.1986-17.9.1989
delivery date 21°Gruppo 17.9.1989, 53-21 10.1989-22.8.1990; delivery date 10°Gruppo 22.8.1990; IRAN + F-104S.ASA conversion from 9.10.1990 to 28.05.1992
5-43 23°Gruppo CIO of 5°Stormo Caccia "Giuseppe Cenni" 08.1992-26.9.1996
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" 22.3.1999, 5-46 10.3.1999-10.10.2002
9-43 withdrawn from use Grazzanise (CFE) 7.4.2003; stored 10.10.2005 noted; F-104S.ASA-M (c/n 1037) MM6737 "9-51" preserved in Vairano Scalo at the ISISS G. (ITIS) Marconi
July 1, 2008 first noted (it has CFE-plate from MM6879); September 2019 noted; noted for restoration at Grazzanise in 2020
at Volandia Museo del Volo and officially added to the collection coded "9-51" on Friday March 10, 2023; May 2025 noted.

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