CF-104 "786" of 1 CAG 1972 at Bitburg AB with Red Indian squadron marking

CF-104, Canadair model CL-90, Lockheed model 683-04-12, Canadair construction number 683A-1086, RCAF serial number 12786, built by Canadair
first flight on May 7, 1962, delivery date October 24, 1962; withdrawn from use by 1 CAG on April 8, 1986 "Red Indian" squadron
taken into service by the Turkish AF with serial number "62-786" on May 7, 1986
coded "8-786" of 182 Filo withdrawn from use 1994, scrapped in accordance with the CFE Treaty in 1994
preserved on pole near the harbor in Izmir, May 1998 first noted; January 10, 2008 last noted, in gear down configuration
December 11, 2009 noted preserved on pole at a new position in gear down configuration at Sevgi mountain south of Gaziemir/Izmir
August 2024 noted.

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38°18'35.29"N 27°7'46.61"E

421 (Red Indian) Squadron: 2 Wing, Gros-Tenquin; France/Baden-Sollingen 1963 to 1985
In February of 1964, even before France withdrew from NATO in 1966, 2 Wing at Gros-Tenquin was disbanded, and its two CF-104 squadrons were transferred elsewhere,
421 moving to 4 Wing at Baden-Sollingen; 421 was a component of the 1 Canadian Air Group based in Baden-Sollingen, West Germany
It flew the CF-104 Starfighter until re-equipped with the CF-18 Hornet in 1985. 421 was formed as 421 (Fighter) Squadron on April 9, 1942

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