CF-104 "899" after landing at Twenthe AB, Netherlands with "1 CAG" in red on white wingtip tanks for the Tactical Weapons Meet 1976

CF-104, Canadair model CL-90, Lockheed model 683-04-12, Canadair construction number 683A-1199, RCAF serial number 12899, built by Canadair
first flight August 19, 1963; taken on service by RCAF serial number 12899 on December 15, 1963; first unit 1 Air Division
B Category accident (bird strike holed canopy) with 430 (ST/A) Squadron, RCAF in March 1966 and repaired; reserialed as 104899 effective June 1970
May 1976 at Twenthe for the 12.Tactical Weapon Meet, aircraft wore "1 CAG" in red on white wingtip tanks for the Tactical Weapons Meet
withdrawn from service on March 6, 1986; given to Turkey 1986
taken on service by the TuAF (TuAF serial number 63-899) on March 13, 1986; withdrawn from use with 182 squadron on June 20, 1994 coded "8-899"
now on display coded "8-899" at the Bulgarian AF museum, Krumovo Airport (LBPD), Plovdiv AB; 2001 first noted; September 6, 2007 noted; February 2023 noted.

42°04'03.5"N 24°50'31.2"E

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